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How to Build an Armoire
An armoire is a versatile furniture piece. It has many uses, from storing television and other video equipment to functioning as a computer or sewing station to serving as a storage for clothes and...
View ArticleHow to Make a Wooden DVD Rack
The DVD is today's standard media type for movies, computer software and video games. If you are a movie or video game collector, you already have or will have a substantial DVD collection. Both of...
View ArticleHow to Design an Entertainment Center
A home entertainment center holds the various components of your audio/video system: TV, DVD player, cable or satellite controls, stereo system and speakers. Serious woodworkers can design...
View ArticleHow to Build a Wooden CD Rack
CDs have become the industry standard for music and media storage, and storing them in a rack is better than leaving them stacked up. Plus, they can be organized better on shelves. Building a simple...
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How to Build an Entertainment Center from Premade Cabinets
Making your own entertainment center is a great project to do. Entertainment centers are usually full-size units made with shelves on either side of a TV and cabinets with doors underneath. Making an...
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How to Build a Wall Mounted Magazine Rack
Magazines are great to look at for the articles, but when they are strewn across the top of a table, they can be clutter. A good way to display your favorite magazines and keep them available for easy...
View ArticleHow to Build VHS & DVD Storage Shelves
If you have a large collection of VHS tapes and DVDs and need more storage space for them, it is generally very simple to build storage shelves to contain them. The most important thing is building the...
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How to Build Wooden Storage Cubes
Plastic cubes are okay for a laundry room, child's bedroom and rooms away from public view. However, when you want a more grown-up look, nothing beats wooden cubes. Wooden cubes look more like...
View ArticleHow to Release File Cabinet Drawers
Filing cabinets offer convenient, organized storage for your most important documents. A major downside to filing cabinet storage, however, is that bulky filing units are often very heavy. If you need...
View ArticleHow to Install a Glass Cabinet Shelf
Glass cabinet shelves are typically installed in the same way that other types of shelves are installed in a cabinet. Most shelves are installed in cabinets by resting on dowels that have been inserted...
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How to Paint an Entertainment Unit
When refinishing any item with paint – especially an entertainment unit – proper and careful application is essential to a successful project. When housing a television, gaming system and other...
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How to Build a Stand Alone Shelf Unit
Just about any room can benefit from extra storage space, especially garages, basements and workrooms. Wall-supported shelves can relieve some storage issues, but a stand-alone shelf unit offers plenty...
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How to Hang Shelves Without Brackets
Shelves that are hung without brackets are seamless and attractive, looking as though they are floating on the wall. Paying a professional to install shelves without brackets is expensive, however,...
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How to Build Triangle Shelving
Triangle shelves work well for corner shelving and storage. They are decorative and easy to make. Triangle shelves can hold decorations, picture frames or even a few books if they are long enough....
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How to Convert a TV Armoire
Get a new TV? Now your old armoire has no purpose? Give new life to your old TV armoire by changing it into a unique and useful office desk. Sales of flat screen TV’s has created a huge demand for...
View ArticleHow to Hang a Key & Mail Organizer
If you have a hard time finding your keys or keeping your mail organized, a key and mail organizer may be just the thing for you. Most key and mail organizers are typically wall-mounted.
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Custom Built-in Entertainment Center Ideas
Built-in entertainment centers offer a permanent storage solution for televisions, electronics, movies, books and decorative items for living spaces. Consider using nontraditional materials to create...
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How to Unlock a File Cabinet When the Key Is Lost
Losing a key is always frustrating–especially when you can't open a file cabinet that holds important financial information such as tax paperwork, audits, etc. Fortunately, filing...
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How to Make a 15'' Speaker Box
Speaker boxes are custom-built to the dimensions needed to get the desired result from a speaker. Boxes with holes other than to install the speaker in are called ported speaker boxes and require...
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How to Make a Corset Belt
A trendy fashion accessory, the corset belt is intended to resemble a quarter-corset that is worn to accentuate your hips and waist. These corset belts are ordinarily worn over a tunic, dress or other...
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How to Reset the Combination on a Vaultz Case
The Vaultz company manufactures a wide assortment of lockable media storage containers for the consumer market such as CD/DVD cases, briefcases, file cabinets, laptop cases and toolboxes. Many of their...
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How to Decorate Above a TV Armoire
Armoires are ideal for hiding a TV when you only want it to be visible when you're using it. They also provide ample storage space for DVDs, other media equipment or whatever you want to keep handy but...
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The Best Military Boarding Schools
Military schools or academies represent an alternative way of schooling within the public education system. These institutions are distinguished by a greater emphasis on drilling and, in some cases,...
View ArticleHow to Mount a Cable Box With a Flat Screen TV on a Wall
Mounting a flat-screen TV on a wall is a popular choice among home theater enthusiasts, as doing so allows them to take full advantage of high-definition (HDTV) without the clutter of a large home...
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The Best Way to Install an LCD in a Mobile Home
Mobile homes (also known as "trailers") are prefabricated houses built in factories, then transported to where they will be occupied. These types of homes are not known for their quality, similar to a...
View ArticleHow Big of a Storage Unit Is for One-Bedroom Apartment?
Storage units come in various sizes. When you need to store items, such as furniture, it's important to match the size of the storage unit with the amount of items that you need to store. Even when...
View ArticleHow to Make a Back for Your TV Stand
Some TV stands come with a thin backing to cover the space behind the television, and others are completely open. An open back against a wall might be acceptable, but a back provides a more finished...
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Cutting Holes in the Back of an Audio Cabinet
Purchasing a cabinet to house your audio components, such as CD player, stereo receiver and MP3 player docking station, will help keep these elements of your home entertainment system together. Some...
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Building an Entertainment Center Wall Unit From Cabinets
Spare cabinets are one of the most surprisingly useful finds at garage sales, thrift stores or the as-is section at IKEA. Seemingly useless to the person getting rid of them, these cabinets can be...
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The Best Wood Thickness for Bookcases
Wooden bookcases look good in any room and when they are built from wood of sufficient quality, they will last a lifetime. The best wood thickness for bookcases depends on the part of the bookcase in...
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How to Build Box Shelves for Vinyl Records
Storing your vinyl record collection is difficult. Most bookshelves are not deep nor tall enough to handle the 12-inch records in their cardboard sleeves. In addition, records are heavy. While...
View ArticleTurning an Old Entertainment Cabinet Into a Bar
Older entertainment centers are often unusable today because they can't fit the elongated shape of modern flat-screen TVs. That doesn't mean your entertainment center has to be reduced to scrap wood,...
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How to Make Glass Doors for an Entertainment Center
An entertainment center is designed to hold DVD and CD players, along with the television and audio system. Some entertainment centers have solid cabinet doors, which make it hard to see the components...
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How to Build a Floating Media Cabinet for a Man Cave
One of the most crucial aspects of any self-respecting man cave is the media center. A media center can certainly make or break a man cave. A great way to ensure a clean and straightforward media...
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How to Install TV Shelf Slides
Give yourself a new option to improve your television viewing. Add a sliding shelf to an existing television cabinet or wall entertainment unit. Then you will be able to glide the television out for...
View ArticleHow to Build a Record Player Console Cabinet
Record player console cabinets are stand-alone pieces of furniture into which a record player can be securely placed. While record player cabinets used to be commonplace, they are now expensive...
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