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Large 80's orange pine wall unit, upcycled into contemporary cabinet framing large screen TV and feature wall
Centre of lower cabinet squared off, bench top profile reshaped. Upper glass doors removed (removed prior to photograph) and resized and glass replaced with left over 4mm ply sheets. Base moulding patched with trim removed from top of unit.
Left upper cabinet removed and timber sanded and recycled into natural timber return.
Body of unit painted with cabinet paint.
New pine mouldings white washed and added to back wall as timber feature.
Materials
Large Pine timber entertainment unit
Selleys PVA glue
Selley's liquid nails
Krud Kutter cleaner and degreaser
Timber screws 40 mm
Brushed metal cabinet handles (x2)
Selley's no more gaps in clear
2.4 m pine 30 x 8 mm rounded edge mouldings
2.4 m pine quad moulding
2.4 m Tasmanian Oak 20 x 5 mm rounded edge beading
Cabots water based Carbothane in satin finish
Taubmans mistint paint (for paint wash)
Cabinet paint in graphite colour
Zissner white bull's eye primer undercoat
Timbermate pine wood filler
15 x 1 mm bullet head nails
Tools
Ozito corded 10" double Bevel sliding mitre saw
Ozito jig saw
Ozito multi function cordless tool
Ozito PXC 18V 1/4 sheet sander
Ozito cordless drill
Hammer and wood chisels
Paint brushes, small scraper, caulking gun
10mm spacers (x3) Spirit level
Protective glasses, N95 disposable face masks
Steps
Step 1
Large orange pine dresser items removed and glass doors
(removed previously and stored)
Cleaned with Krud kutter. Unit separated into top and bottom units and front bay cabinet squared off and mouldings from top used to patch base moulding.
Step 2
Left upper cabinet removed from base with hammer and chisels. Base of top sanded flat and centre front edge of base
reshaped with sander to match sides.
Unit painted with stain blocking undercoat and graphite coloured cabinet paint.
Top section now a base with right upper cabinet repositoned on base when paint dry.
Glass removed from doors and door frames cut with jigsaw and resized to fit lower cabinet. Left over 4mm ply substituted for glass. Original hinges from doors fitted to lower cabinets.
Step 3
Timber removed from left upper cabinet sanded and cut on Mitre saw to make top and two sides of return. Timber sanded and paintwashed with paint purchased as mistint from Bunnings and diluted 1 in4 with water. Timber pieces joined at 90* angles with liquid nails and timber screws and Tasmanian oak cover strip glued and nailed to timber edges. Timber sealed with Cabots Water Based Carbothane clear in Satin finish.
Timber return screwed from inside left lower cupboard through bench top and into return with 40 mm wood screws.
Step 4
Pine mouldings and quad, lime washed with 3 coats Feast and Watson liming white. Mouldings applied to gyprock wall with liquid nails and 15 mm bullethead nails. 10mm spacer to ensure uniform spacing with spirit level to ensure mouldings remain vertical.
Nail holes filled with Timbermate Pine woodfiller and pine quad applied to neaten top edge of mouldings and fixed with liquid nails.
Doors fitted to bottom cabinets
Great project @PetaMG. Many people have these Pine entertainment units and I'm sure will get a lot of inspiration from your handiwork. Thanks so much for sharing.
Let me also extend a very warm welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. We trust you'll get loads of help and ideas from other members of the community, and invite you to post whenever you need a hand or have something to share.
Thanks again,
Jason
