i need some design suggestions

Given the overall size of the piece, 1” from the wall does not seem excessive.

But, man, that’s a lot of lingerie!!! ;^)

seems like most furniture sits away from the wall at least baseboard distance. As long as it is something that can’t tip over you’ll be fine.

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Wood burn some lines in the legs to look like fishnet stockings.

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I agree…..should be no problem. We do most of our furniture pieces so they set away from the wall an inch or so.

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Craven, there are some good posts on the LJ site on design.
This one by Karson is a good example.
http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/Karson/blog/4353

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Typically furniture that will sit against the wall had/has straight legs in the back so they snuggle up to the wall.

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Hey, thanks for the suggestions guys. Yeah, Catspaw, I have seen those pieces with straight legs in the rear and was hoping to avoid the differing designs. After actually writing my dilema down (or typing it) something came to me… I think im just going to make the top lid extend out beyond the upper case profile equally until the rear edge will extend beyond the outermost lower leg profiles, giving me the support against the wall if ever needed! Thanks again, Craven

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