There is always a moment of extravagant madness that takes over on these projects and in this case, it came about from my desire to have small drawer units incorporated into the shelving. Boy, did that idea bust our budget!
Having searched high and low for something suitably sized to hold a ream of A4 paper, I finally purchased a couple of small wooden drawer units from Ebay priced at £40 each. Blimey! Yes, totally frivolous expense I know but I really wanted to have somewhere handy to store computer paper and envelopes.
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| Storage drawer unit for A4 size paper |
On top of this little extravagance, I then spent over £20 for 4 vintage looking brass knobs. Are you nuts? At £100 in total for 2 mini drawer units, this little whim of mine could have paid for last month’s leccy bill so yes, it was definitely a case of more money than sense.
Having painted each drawer unit black, I covered the fronts in a raised patterned wallpaper which I then painted in Marseille blue. I think the drawer units look rather smart and we’ve managed to incorporate them perfectly into the shelving.
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| Drawer unit painted black |
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| Drawer fronts papered and painted |
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| Drawers incorporated in the shelf unit |
Of course, this wasn’t to be the only moment of financial frivolity as then there was the matter of doors for the narrow end units.
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| Inset door needed on the end unit |
To recreate the NJ design I’d set my heart on, inset doors were required for the end units and due to lack of knowledge or proper tooling, time to call in the professionals.
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| NJ's home office design with doors |
Calling in the professionals is generally a last resort for us as nobody gets out of bed for less than a £200 day rate even for small jobs such as making/fitting cabinet doors but sometimes there is no other alternative.
Being inset doors, the main criteria for the carpenter was to ensure the hinges were hidden within the body of the unit and not visible from outside. To achieve this, he used the type of concealed hinges normally used to fit kitchen cabinet doors. Perfect! Not a bit of hinge can be seen.
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| Concealed door hinges |
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| No hinges visible from outside |
Door handles to match the office furniture were found online from a company called the Handle Studio. Should you need to buy any of these, they are called ‘finger pull’ cabinet handles – these are in a matt nickel finish but other colours are available.
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| Finger pull handle - Handle Studio |
I’ve stained the doors in the same colour as the shelves.
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| Doors stained and waxed |
Ta dah! The units are now finished and ready for final fitting once the room has been painted.
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| Finished units - ready for final fixing |
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| Bridging unit not in final position |
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