Building An Entertainment Center With Kitchen Cabinets

Here s how to build your own custom unit using stock cabinets.

Building an entertainment center with kitchen cabinets.

Lighted open shelving provides space to display photos and books while cabinets doors hide away the electronic clutter. It is wise to arrange cabinets so there s ample space in the center for your tv. Step 1 install the toekick photo by donna moser alderman studio. 2 12 w cabinets 2 36 w and 2 30 w.

Kitchen cabinets are like smaller building blocks you can use to build an entertainment center exactly the way you d like whether you reuse old cabinets or start fresh with new ones. Then install a 3 inch high platform also called a toekick for the cabinets to sit on. Our wall is 164 long so we decided upon the following for the base. Installing wall cabinets on the floor with a base supplies.

So for this project i had a face frame for the center section and each of the side sections. This floor to ceiling design provides plenty of stylish storage and is the wow factor in any room. Majority of the time stock entertainment centers do not suit your specific needs. Margarido entertainment center a wall of white gives this space a modern edge and in the process makes the entire room feel more spacious.

You can use semi custom kitchen cabinets to build a state of the art entertainment center as well. See the instructions for this diy entertainment center. We looked for prefab wall units at ikea amazon wayfair etc but couldn t find just what we wanted. Remove the baseboard molding from the wall where the entertainment center will go.

Keep in mind that these are the wall cabinets you buy to put above in a kitchen not base cabinets. We initially wanted our favorite carpenter friend to build a custom wall unit for us but he was too busy at the time. When building built in cabinets i like to make a single solid face frame for each section of the cabinetry. Sliding doors with white back painted glass inserts artfully conceal the contents inside while open cubbies and vertical shelves create nooks for displaying collectibles framed photos and first editions.