Jack's Backyard Reclaimed Wood TV Cabinet

Jack's Backyard Custom Cabinets or Whatever You Want. This is my TV/ video cabinet. It's 6' 4" tall and almost 42" wide. The center of the cabinet is 23" deep and has 4 fixed shelves. I made this from 1"x 6" pine I stripped from a huge 22' long by 6' high pallet. I used rotted cedar parts from an old swingset, and trimmed it with wood from the ol' woodpile. I was able to get enough wood to make two more smaller cabinets. which you can see below. It's fastened with wood screws covered with wood plugs, #8 finishing nails, and wood glue. It was custom designed and built to my specs and looks great! The cool thing is... Aside from the trim, none of the wood used to make this is over 39" long. It's all used! I joined smaller pieces with biscuits and glue to make a bunch of panels and shelves. As you look at the side it looks like it might be one continuous 6''4" side. There are actually two 37" tall panels made up of 8 total boards that make the side, plus trim. I treated the two panels like a dato and set the television shelf between them for strength. It's made up of natural yellow pine, fir, redwood, cedar, oak, and a few others. It was imperfect to begin with. That's one of the trials that go along with reclaimed wood. Sometimes the lumber is not long enough or pretty enough to build what you want. I had to reverse engineer the design and build from my longest piece of scrap. I went out my way to show the imperfections in the wood. I did not hide knots, holes, or bark areas. I did not worry about making a statement for seamless craftsmanship. I took liberties with my skills to make it imperfect. I never want to forget where it came from. All Scrap! This is one of the matching pieces to the larger cabinet. It uses the same 37" panels for the sides that the larger one does. It has 2 fixed shelves and a full length pullout shelf. By the way... Try staining this and getting all those types of wood to match. I could not find a color I was happy with and stained it all one color, let it dry, and covered that with a color custom blended using 2 colors to get the tint I wanted. Click on the pictures to see larger images.
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Custom Cabinets or Whatever You Want.

This is my TV/ video cabinet. It's 6' 4" tall and almost 42" wide. The center of the cabinet is 23" deep and has 4 fixed shelves. I made this from 1"x 6" pine I stripped from a huge 22' long by 6' high pallet. I used rotted cedar parts from an old swingset, and trimmed it with wood from the ol' woodpile. I was able to get enough wood to make two more smaller cabinets. which you can see below. It's fastened with wood screws covered with wood plugs, #8 finishing nails, and wood glue. It was custom designed and built to my specs and looks great!

The cool thing is... Aside from the trim, none of the wood used to make this is over 39" long. It's all used! I joined smaller pieces with biscuits and glue to make a bunch of panels and shelves. As you look at the side it looks like it might be one continuous 6''4" side. There are actually two 37" tall panels made up of 8 total boards that make the side, plus trim. I treated the two panels like a dato and set the television shelf between them for strength. It's made up of natural yellow pine, fir, redwood, cedar, oak, and a few others.

It was imperfect to begin with. That's one of the trials that go along with reclaimed wood. Sometimes the lumber is not long enough or pretty enough to build what you want. I had to reverse engineer the design and build from my longest piece of scrap. I went out my way to show the imperfections in the wood. I did not hide knots, holes, or bark areas. I did not worry about making a statement for seamless craftsmanship. I took liberties with my skills to make it imperfect. I never want to forget where it came from.

All Scrap! This is one of the matching pieces to the larger cabinet. It uses the same 37" panels for the sides that the larger one does. It has 2 fixed shelves and a full length pullout shelf. By the way... Try staining this and getting all those types of wood to match. I could not find a color I was happy with and stained it all one color, let it dry, and covered that with a color custom blended using 2 colors to get the tint I wanted. Click on the pictures to see larger images.

All Natural Wood Designs For Our World.

DIY Wood Forts/ Swing Set Plans, Plans for Swingsets, Do-it-yourself Swingset Plans, Redwood Porch Swings, Wooden Patio Swings, Wood Mailboxes, Custom Wood Furniture, Reclaimed Wood Product Ideas and more.

E-mail: askjackhow@gmail.com

281-345-1997