Small TV stand project.

Thought I would post this little project as others posting here have helped me do this.

After having my old crappy glass tv stand for 6 or 7 years I decided it was time to change it to something alittle more suitable. My old one was all open so everything inc wires was on show and it wasn't deep enough for my AV receiver so all looked abit of a mess.

I found lots of mods on ikea cabinets so my plan was to mod something to fit the equipment I have and try and tie into the rest of the room.

I decided on the Besta Burs TV unit which I originally wanted in gloss white but when we got to ikea the gloss grey just looked a lot more expensive so we went with that. In the middle section from the bottom up will be Power sockets, XBMC PC, Blu-Ray player. On the right my AV Receiver and on top below my tv just a centre speaker.



We also bought a oak worktop to try tie in with other oak furniture in the room. This is the main part put together still covered in the blue protective film and the untrimmed oak worktop.



The cabinet is not deep enough for my av receiver and all the plugs on the back so I am extending the oak top over the rear and filling in down the sides with matching gloss grey cabinet. This will leave a void in the rear where all the cables can be run and all the connections on the rear of the amp will have lots of room.



The guy who cut the worktop ran the saw towards the front face (I should have known better) and managed to splinter the front corner but I think I can fix this. Also fitted the end strip to hide the ugly inside of worktop. The rear has been trimmed down around 150mm and the end trimmed to match the width of the unit.







Im not going to screw the worktop to the unit so in the future it can be removed and put back to stock if needed. To stop it damaging the gloss top I have fitted a load of soft pads in between it.



The main cupboards on the left and right are normally big draws but I want to put my receiver in the right side and the left just keep as a cupboard so I bought some 153 degree hinges and went about fitting them. Ive never done anything like this before so was abit of a learn as you go along.













The left hand back board I just dilled two holes incase I put something electrical in the future.



The right hand backboard I started but need to buy a saw tomorrow to cut out the opening where all the connections will go through.





Should hopefully get it finished tomorrow. Just need to make the fill peices and mount them to the sides and finish the right side backboard and figure out how to mount the hinges to the actual unit as there is obviously no holes pre drilled anywhere.

Any updates on this?

Yes today got it finished.

I finished cutting the right back panel and fitted that.



Along with the side extensions that are just fixed with little corner brackets as they are just for show.



Test amp fitting. Should be very easy in the future to add speakers.



With protective film removed. No cat helper sorry.



Bomb site getting everything installed into unit.



This it all connected before fitting the oak top as I had just oiled it.



Will update with finished pics tomorrow with decent light. The speaker is only been used temporary while I wait for my centre to come when they will be used as surrounds. Also yes tv needs to be bigger but one thing at a time.

Took some finished pics today. Filled the end where it had split alittle and gave the top a second coat of oil along with the coffee table. With doors shut the temps seem fine for both amp and pc so should be fine. Also ordered a dali zensor vokal today to finish the 5.1.

Looks very smart! Where did you get hold of the spare grey cabinet sides? It all looks like a very neat solution.

It's just a gloss grey door you can buy separately that was cut down to suit. Actually hard to tell there is a join there if your not looking for it.

Felt the amp and HTPC could do with alittle extra to help keep them cool with front doors shut so looked around for some suitable vents grills for the rear. I found these and worked out the size I would need to have it all even when the center speaker arrives.

These are 130mmx500mm with a bevelled edge.





This is how they will sit once fitted (Speaker is just temp)



Marked , cut and fitted first.







All finished with another coat of oil.

I might have been tempted to put them in at the sides at the top rather than on the surface. Still mighty nice though.

Howd you mean sides of the top? Considering fitting some quiet case fans in the rear of the amp and HTPC section to get air flowing alittle.

In your lovely side panels I mean. Would be easier to blend the grilles in IMO. Not optimal heat dissipation, but with fans it'd work. Was everything getting too hot?

Oh right. Tbh I've not checked temps but cpu fan would spin up and when I open the doors it felt kinda warm. The rear void seems cool enough so it's getting the air from the main part of the cupboard into that void and vented.