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Custom Display Cabinet

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This cabinet was ordered by a boutique in my little town while I was working on Jim’s Casket and consequently was late delivering. My clients were moving to a better and larger location and needed another display cabinet. I knocked quite a bit off the price for the late delivery.

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I brought the cabinet into the house to let it settle and check it for quality. My wife informed me at the same time that the hot water tank had finally let go, flooding the bathroom. It had been leaking previously but due to getting Jim’s casket finished I had avoided the inevitable. Needlesss to say, the money from the cabinet went to Home Depot’s coffers for the new hot water tank.

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The cabinet is pine and mdf, faux finished with acrylic cream and gold. The embellishments came from some antique spindles I got out of an old barn. I built the cabinet in two sections to make it easier for the ladies to move it. The cat loves it too.

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These drawers are functional. Some folks want drawers but end up with just drawer fronts to reduce pricing while keeping the look. I originally quoted this job with glass shelves but my clients opted for less expensive wood shelves.
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I took this photo of another cabinet I’d built for the ladies earlier this year, in its new location.

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I’ve got one more refinishing job to do this week then I have to go about the task of cleaning out my mom’s apartment as she is not able to look after herself any more. She lives fifty miles away so I won’t be doing much in the shop for a while. We have always got together for Christmas at her apartment, craming in fourteen people and having a great time.

-- Phil Brown, Ontario


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MsDebbieP

12282 posts in 698 days


posted 357 days ago

Gorgeous. I like the wood shelves.
I wish you and your family a glorious Christmas, even without the old tradition.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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CharlieM1958

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posted 357 days ago

Phil, you know we LJ’s tend to frown on paint <g>, but this is a lovely piece. Kitty seems to approve as well.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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TreeBones

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posted 357 days ago

Very nice, I especially like the recycled embellishments .

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

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jockmike2

4497 posts in 784 days


posted 357 days ago

Good to hear from you brother, I guess the good news was Jim did’nt need his casket yet. Nice display cabinet painted or not. Hope you have a good time with your Mom, I miss mine still after 5 years. Can’t seem to fill that empty space. God Bless and Happy Holidays. mike (with a really big head).

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

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TomFran

2371 posts in 532 days


posted 357 days ago

Nice looking projects. I really like that finish you applied on them too!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

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Mark A. DeCou

1335 posts in 943 days


posted 357 days ago

great work Phil. I have 6 more cats you can display and sell if you’ll take them.

-- Mark DeCou - Kansas Flint Hill's Artisan

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Phil Brown

218 posts in 596 days


posted 356 days ago

Thats our neighbours cat – he’s confused about where he lives. I got in this morning from my trucking run at 3:30 am and he had been hiding out at our house. At 4:00 when I was just drifting off to sleep he started meowing to get out. I usually open the bedroom window and pitch him out onto the kitchen roof. Saves me a trip downstairs to the door.

-- Phil Brown, Ontario

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