So how do you make a hole disappear? By covering it with something else of course. Or if you’re the Chancellor, by endlessly filling the bottomless pit with money.
To resolve the issue of unsightly screw heads and holes, I am simply going to encase my stained rectangular record cube in a black outer shell made of painted pineboard and here’s how.
My outer casing must look like part of the unit’s overall design and fit in with the other furniture in the room so instead of hairpin legs, the whole thing will sit on a black wooden plinth slightly inset from the bottom edge like the other units previously built.
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| Inset plinth |
Using some sturdy 2 x 1 inch lengths of timber make a braced wooden frame slightly smaller than the dimensions of your rectangular unit.
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| Make a nice sturdy frame for your unit to sit on |
Once filled, this vinyl record storage unit is going to weigh a ton so best to ensure the plinth is well held together. Heavy duty metal brackets have been used to join all the internal corners to keep everything from falling apart.
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| Heavy duty brackets to hold corners together |
Sand, prime, paint with 2 coats of black furniture or multi-surface paint then finish with a couple of coats of clear furniture lacquer or varnish.
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| Sand then prime |
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| Paint then varnish |
Next cut 4 x outer pineboard panels for the top, bottom and sides of the outer shell. Now to add a bit of interest to the overall design, I am making the outer shell in 40 cm wide pineboard. This is 3 cm wider than my inner cube which I’m hoping will recess the inner cube nicely around the front of the unit.
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| Bottom and side panels |
Again sand, prime and paint all panels in black as per the plinth. Give everything painted a couple of coats of clear furniture varnish or lacquer.
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| Paint then varnish all panels |
As the next bit is the tricky part then I’m off for a nice cuppa before I begin the arduous task of trying to explain how it’s all going to come together.
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