![Thanks](https://www.renovateforums.com.au/dbtech/thanks/images/thanks.png)
![Likes](https://www.renovateforums.com.au/dbtech/thanks/images/likes.png)
![Needs Pictures](https://www.woodworkforums.com/images/smilies/happy/photo4.gif)
![Picture(s) thanks](https://www.ubeaut.biz/wave.gif)
Results 1 to 5 of 5
Thread: My loungeroom joinery project
-
13th December 2012, 03:02 PM #1
SENIOR MEMBER
- Join Date
- Mar 2009
- Location
- Sydney
- Posts
- 371
My loungeroom joinery project
First time I've tried something that needed a nice finish. Melamine carcasses and mdf doors painted in poly so not really a 'wood' project. That's on one wall. There is a drawer unit with 6 drawers to the right of a built-in fireplace, and to the left is a cupboard to hide the TV. That orange strip is recessed and there is a 100mmx6mm black steel frame around across the top and down the right hand side. I made the fireplace surround out of 6mm steel, too.
An adjacent wall has low book shelves in a veneer. That will be finished soon. I had to edge 2 x 34mm thick by 3600mm long pieces with veneer strips. Boy, that was an unpleasant job that came very close to going horribly wrong. Should be finished this weekend - provide the 34mm x 5 metre piece I have to put together and edge comes out okay.
Then it's time to tackle the floor.
-
13th December 2012, 04:20 PM #2
GOLD MEMBER
- Join Date
- Jul 2006
- Location
- Port Huon
- Posts
- 1,917
The finish is great, what did you use? I've some kitchen doors that need a similar treatment.
MDF is certainly wood, well mostly wood, well it certainly was part of a tree at some pointGeoff
The view from home
-
13th December 2012, 04:36 PM #3
SENIOR MEMBER
- Join Date
- Mar 2009
- Location
- Sydney
- Posts
- 371
The drawer fronts and the four folding cupboard doors are in gloss poly. I had them painted by a mob that just do that. It was a first for me. I routed the drawer pull slots and gave the mdf a sand and delivered them to the painter. The finish on them is amazing. They charged $383.00, which I thought was cheap. I had contemplated trying to paint them myslef. I'm glad I didn't.
-
14th December 2012, 07:30 AM #4
Skwair2rownd
- Join Date
- Nov 2007
- Location
- Dundowran Beach
- Age
- 76
- Posts
- 694
Great job. The finish is tops!!!
-
14th December 2012, 09:48 AM #5
SENIOR MEMBER
- Join Date
- Mar 2009
- Location
- Sydney
- Posts
- 371
The gloss paint job wasn't my choice, but it looks great. The other two walls will be timber - well, veneer. I was surprised at how expensive a 2400 x 1200 sheet of mdf with nice veneer on one side set me back. It was $463 x 3 sheets. I also needed a sheet with two good sides. It was about $650. Then there was the edging - some 20mm and some strips at 38mm. So all up it was about $2,400.