So I had previously decided to wait until we were completely done with building our entertainment center before I blogged about it, but I can’t resist showing you (especially our parents) what we have done thus far.
Monday July 25th-
We went to Home Depot and bought all of the wood… we have probably been back to Home Depot/Lowes 6 or 7 times to return things and buy more supplies.
I (Stephanie) spent a few hours marking all of the wood to prepare it to be cut. I don’t know the exact number, but I would guess that there were a total of 100 pieces of wood that needed to be measured out. I had no idea that it would be so time consuming, but making sure the corners were square and then double checking the measurement sure did take a LONG time!
Tuesday July 26th-
We don’t own a circular saw so we rented one from Home Depot. We only had four hours to do it, so Matt had to work fast. It was a good thing that we measured everything out the previous day because we returned the circular saw with only 20 minutes left!
Wednesday July 27th -
Matt woke up early to start the assembly, but we immediately realized that the first few pieces we cut needed to be cut 1/4 inch smaller. (Matt insists that the directions are wrong- they do give us two conflicting measurements). We debated on renting the saw again, but we didn’t want to pay for it again (in order to stay on budget), so we just decided to put the project on hold until we could ask everyone we knew if they had a saw we could borrow. That night I went to mutual and asked my bishop (who also happens to be our home teacher) if he had a saw and he did!
Thursday July 28th-
We picked up the saw from Bishop’s house and Matt got to work! I thought I was going to be doing everything for this project (since it was my idea and I was the leading force behind it) but Matt REALLY enjoys doing it so he has been in complete control of the project since this point. He put together the middle bottom portion of the entertainment center minus the doors. (The entertainment center has 6 parts- 3 on top and 3 on bottom- Matt start with the middle bottom portion because that is the portion that the TV will be sitting on and that is the most complex part). He had difficulty fitting the door in so he decided to stop and finish the doors the next day.
Friday July 29th-
Matt finished the doors in the middle bottom portion and also put together the left and right bottom portions. Matt and James then sanded the bottom middle portion and called it a day.
We are hoping to finish the construction of it tomorrow (the 3 portions that still need to be done are the easiest portions). After the construction we need to sand, prime, paint and MAYBE distress the furniture. We still have a ways to go, but the progress is on track and looking great! I am so happy with how it is turning out and here are a few pictures of what we have so far!
This is the middle bottom portion (the part that the TV sits on):
I haven’t taken a “finished” picture of the left bottom and right bottom portion, but here are some pictures of them during the construction stage:
Here are some pictures of Matt and James sanding the middle bottom portion (James is using it while it was on and did a GREAT job!) :
We still have a lot to do (even on these pieces) but I am so thrilled about how it is turning out!!
1 comment:
wow, that looks great! impressive!
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