If I was doing built-ins, I'd start with hardwood-faced plywood (cheaper and not as saggy as the real deal), with a hardwood face frame, and hardwood facings on the shelves, maybe with a nice bead detail.
I used maple because I prefer it to oak, and I happened across some maple-faced plywood (not a usual item) at the Depot. Otherwise I would've used birch. All told, counting wood, hardward, stain, and varnish, they cost about $400 for the four of them. Doesn't count the tools, although the really expensive tools are really only needed for the facings and face frame. If you used iron on veneer for the edges of the plywood, you could build them with a circular saw and a drill.
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Date: 2006-06-12 10:23 pm (UTC)Oh, wait. I did that.
I used maple because I prefer it to oak, and I happened across some maple-faced plywood (not a usual item) at the Depot. Otherwise I would've used birch. All told, counting wood, hardward, stain, and varnish, they cost about $400 for the four of them. Doesn't count the tools, although the really expensive tools are really only needed for the facings and face frame. If you used iron on veneer for the edges of the plywood, you could build them with a circular saw and a drill.