Toy Room Built-In

Great project and a huge improvement for the room!

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

Awesome upgrade to any room, I have been planning a somewhat similar unit for my granddaughters bedroom. Any chance you have a few pictures of the construction for leveling along the wall. What sort of material did you use. Was the base built separate from the wall units.

Over all this project is an inspiration to begin my project.

Thanks Hermando. Unfortunately, I do not have any construction photos. The base unit is built separately. I removed the carpet and tack strip, and then shimmed the base to level. The base is much smaller than the towers, so it was much easier to level.

The base is also two separate units. I scribed the face frame on the one side and slid it in place. Then did the same thing to the other side. Once the base is level, you just have to scribe the towers and slide them in place. They will already be level since the base is level.

Workbench magazine #294 has a great article that is almost identical to what I did. I followed it very closely.
Norm also built a very similar project. You can find it here:
http://www.newyankee.com/getproduct.php?0513

-- Thepps - Freeburg, IL

Also, if anyone wants my sketchup file, just send me a message and I’ll glad send it over.

-- Thepps - Freeburg, IL

Great job!

I’m building something similar for a walk in closet, and have a couple of questions.
Did you spray paint your built-in? If yes, did you spray it before or after it was installed?

-- Ron, Northern Illinois

Thanks ronstar. Yes, I sprayed two coats of primer and three of latex paint. I can never paint by hand and get professional results, so I always spray when I can. I tried using my Wagner NB HVLP gun, but I have a real hard time getting paint to flow through it. So, I ended up buying a Wagner airless sprayer, and boy does it paint! So much easier than hvlp or by hand.

I did some touch up painting by hand after it was installed, over nail holes that were puttied.

-- Thepps - Freeburg, IL

Thanks Thepps! That’s the way I’m attacking mine. I just wanted to make sure others were doing the build/paint/install/touchup routine. I really like the way yours turned out.

-- Ron, Northern Illinois

Great upgrade, now to train the little guy to put things back where he found them.

-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

Love it, fantastic job!