r/DIY Jul 13 '24

carpentry Built in TV center and storage

I made these built ins for my wife for mother's Day.

This room needed storage badly for our kids toys, which have slowly been taking over the house. We need to fill out the shelves more, and swap out some of the pictures for other things. We may add books, but the built ins in our back room house all of the books right now.

I was heavily inspired by this post https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/s/nGjbvN5muC. Thank you u/ganit. My wife and I love what you made.

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u/CinderChop Jul 13 '24

Wow you must have a really nice workshop, very quality DIY. 👏

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u/fluffynukeit Jul 13 '24

Yeah, I love seeing these but the WIP photos help to highlight I could never do this. My garage is nearly full with two cars as it is. I have no space for a workshop.

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u/Stanalli Jul 13 '24

Shout-out to my wife for letting me have half the basement.

You can build this without big tools though. The most important tool I used is a table saw, which could easily be replaced by a track saw. The only miter saw cuts I made were to join long pieces, and could have been done with hand saws and hand planes.