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I had a little spare time to finally finish my foyer remodel. I had some dead wall space under my staircase and wanted something unique to fill the void. I decided to build a built-in curio cabinet. Everything including the shelves are crafted out of solid red oak. The only plywood used was for the back. I had never made triangle doors before and found it to be rather challenging. Especially when it came time to clamp the glue joints together. I used triangle blocks and tacked them to the frames so I could have something square to clamp to. It ended up turning out great. I put 3/16” weatherstripping around the edges of the doors to help keep dust out since the european hinges hold the doors away from the face frames about 1/8”. Now it’s time to load it up with trinkets.
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mbs
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#1 posted 71 days ago
Nice use of what would have been wasted space. It looks great.
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DouginVa
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#2 posted 71 days ago
That really looks like it fits right in with the rest of the style of that stairway. Nice job.
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woodbutcherbynight
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#3 posted 71 days ago
Nice work, I like that you tried the triangular doors and would be curious how they work out over time. May try something like this myself, yet another project.. (laughing)
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#4 posted 71 days ago
That’s a porject to be proud of. Like the way the doors follow the stair case.Again really cool work.
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MShort
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#5 posted 71 days ago
Great use for this space.
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#6 posted 71 days ago
That has made that little nook a very eye catching spot with in the home and a great place to store family trinkets ! Very solid looking work, thanks for sharing.
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Chad
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#7 posted 70 days ago
Beautiful and an excellent use of space. Well done.
Ken90712
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#8 posted 70 days ago
What a great job and use of space! Well done love the way it came out!
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#9 posted 70 days ago
Brilliant
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#10 posted 70 days ago
What a great idea. I have an almost similar dead space stair case wall. I showed this to the wife earlier and we both got inspired to have finally found a way to fill it! Adding this one to my favorites.
Thanks for sharing!
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