[geeks] home equipment inventories

[geeks at sunhelp.org]

Actually, I find restoring a piece of furniture can be tedious. I prefer to
make it from scratch. That way I get my choice of wood, finish and style. I
did not, however, try to make my dining room furniture, as the wife refused
to wait that long.

This current is project, a media center that can fit a 32 inch TV. I'm
thinking maple with a redish oak stain and a satin oil based polyurethane
finish. Perhaps mortised panel doors with the panels made from tongue and
groove bead board. I found a source for the retracting "barn door" hardware
that hides the TV. Next, bookcases for each side of the center (books are
media too!). Of course, living in the Shaker Valley, all my home furniture
is in the Shaker style. Super simple to build.

James Fogg, Network Engineer
Vicinity Corporation - New Hampshire
(603) 442-1751

~ -----Original Message-----
~ From: William S. [mailto:wilby98 at yahoo.com]
~ Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 7:57 AM
~ To: geeks at sunhelp.org
~ Subject: Re: [geeks] home equipment inventories
~ 
~ 
~ Speaking of refinishing furniture, one of my favorite
~ shows was "The Furniture Guys". It's amazing how much
~ fun they would make refinishing/restoring a piece
~ of furniture.
~ 
~ http://www.furnitureguys.com/
~ 
~ I even got to meet them at a home show a few years ago.
~ I have an official autographed t-shirt!
~ 
~ Bill
~ Amsterdam, NL
~ 
~ On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 11:42:23AM -0500, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
~ > On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 10:26:45AM -0600, Amy wrote:
~ > > On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Bill Bradford wrote:
~ > 
~ > > > You forgot the coffee table that I've had since I was 
~ in college.  Its not
~ > > > worth more than $20, but I refuse to get rid of it. 8-)
~ > > 
~ > > i've been trying to forget about that coffee table for two years.
~ > 
~ > Is it worth trying to salvage/refinish?  If you have the 
~ time and patience (and
~ > tools), that can be a great way to get quality furniture 
~ cheap.  Or you can 
~ > always build your own.  But then you might find that you 
~ end up with furniture
~ > being made out of computers.
~ <<snip>>
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