A timber box fashioned into a retro style TV box, decorated with hessian, legs and knobs.
The project
I was inspired by a photo on Pinterest of someone who made these for a living. A modern 32-inch TV sits on the top shelf and behind the hessian bottom section is a sound bar.
Unfortunately I couldn’t find old TV knobs so I had to use door knobs that looked similar. The remote kinda works. I had to drill a small hole in the border for it to work.
I love all things vintage and the TV fits in well within my vintage home.
All materials were purchased from Bunnings, except the door knobs, legs and hessian. The wood was cut by a Bunnings staff member and I was on my way. I had never used power tools before nor knew 100 percent what I was doing but I'm happy with the outcome.
I basically made a box and added trim which was stained. The border around the TV was made using MDF board (cut using a jigsaw) and gold spray paint.
I am definitely more confident and have done a few projects since. For newbies, I found doing research, watching YouTube videos and practice makes you more confident to give it a go and see what happens.
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