So it started with my wife seeing this:
and I said "Sure, I could do that" and I ordered the bookshelves from Ikea and picked up a melamine top from Phil and I think I am practically in the home stretch.
Well, not exactly...
Turns out that I don't know white from very light gray and it matters...
Turns out the table needs to be longer than I realized - 5' when closed. Closed? Huh?
Turns out expanding is part of the plan. We browsed expanding tables and found a design she likes:
http://www.rubylane.com/item/564331-1009A/English-Style-Mahogany-Ex78panding-Coffee
only one of the extension needs to be an extremely shallow drawer to hold a cutting mat. It might be okay to just run across a few cross members and have not bottom to it.
and then there need to be locking casters under it. Probably the ones from Ikea that fit the shelves:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60169977/
Oh yeah, she would really rather I use solid wood banding around the melamine top instead of the vinyl or melamine banding...
I can figure out the top and the banding. I have not done casework with slides before. I don't know the best source for hinges like that that will hold up well.
and I said "Sure, I could do that" and I ordered the bookshelves from Ikea and picked up a melamine top from Phil and I think I am practically in the home stretch.
Well, not exactly...
Turns out that I don't know white from very light gray and it matters...
Turns out the table needs to be longer than I realized - 5' when closed. Closed? Huh?
Turns out expanding is part of the plan. We browsed expanding tables and found a design she likes:
http://www.rubylane.com/item/564331-1009A/English-Style-Mahogany-Ex78panding-Coffee
only one of the extension needs to be an extremely shallow drawer to hold a cutting mat. It might be okay to just run across a few cross members and have not bottom to it.
and then there need to be locking casters under it. Probably the ones from Ikea that fit the shelves:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60169977/
Oh yeah, she would really rather I use solid wood banding around the melamine top instead of the vinyl or melamine banding...
I can figure out the top and the banding. I have not done casework with slides before. I don't know the best source for hinges like that that will hold up well.