have a very long slim open plan room that is our lounge, dining and kitchen area. I needed more storage and had this space around this 2.5 m window. The only problem was that most store bought options were too tall as the windows are quite low. So I came up with this design.
It measures 4 meters in length with 5x800mm cabinets at the base. It’s wrapped in Specrite Spotted gum panels. I made a 50mm plinth to go underneath so the top of the bench top finished just under the window.
the centre cabinet has 4 drawers in it which I made out of plywood and melamine panels, joined with pocket hole screws. The top draw is charging station for family devices and the rest hold napkins etc.
i used spec-rite spotted gum and beach panels to create the two book cases. I like mid century design and had some pieces I wanted to fit into each book case hence the layout of the shelving.
i fitted our home made Family Dashboard on the left hand side and to balance the piece I made a bar in the right and created a shaker style door with black mirror Perspex so it matched the screen on the right.
i routed a groove all round the inside of each bookcases and put LED strips to add some lighting and fun .
Materials
2 x 2.2x600 spec-rite spotted gum panels
6 x 1800x300 spec-rite spotted gum panels
2 x 1200x 300 spec-rite Beech panels
2 1200x600 spec-rite spotted gum panels
5 800x 600 x 720 Trademaster double door kitchen cabinets with French Navy doors
1 piece of 600x900 Perspex black mirror
2 sets of aluminium diffusers
2 sets of 5m Govee RGB LED lights
Blum euro hinges 110
osmo oil to finish.
Tools
Table saw
Mitre Saw
Router
chisels
plane
drill
driver
pocket hole jig
sander
mesh sanding pads - sanded to 240 grit
