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   Lawrence
   

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   Hey guys,
   I promised Joshremy that I'd post up a couple three/five photos of my recycling project.
   So everyone would have a chance to point and laugh.
   I now have a whole new appreciation for the carpentry arts and talents.

   It was an 18 or 20 year old entertainment center.

   Now it's "GranDaddy's" entertainment center in his "Smokin' Hole"
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   Before: (Shelves removed and partially disassembled)

   

   During: (Center piece looks crooked, but is an optical illusion)

   

   After: (Satellite, Stereo, TV, Shelf for Box Set DVDs, Bar Light, several Old School Video Games e.g. Gallaga, Poll Position, Pac Man..., Liquor Cabinet, Small door also serves as mixing surface [not finished], and Wine Rack) Bunch of books and pictures just to fill it up for now. (and it is now on wheels.... cause it's damn heavy.) All wiring is internal and only one power-strip cord out, on back.
   
   
   

   And... Yes, it has a hat rack for my Stetson... upper left.
   

   
   "Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put." Winston Churchill
   

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   Nice! I especially like the Johnnie Walker and MaCallen. I need to make myself a liquor cabinet instead of storing all my bottles on top of my guitar amps.

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   Sweet! That looks like a really cool setup!

   "I run a craftsman's shop, not a factory, my pipes are works of art, fruit of expert hands, heart and fantasy" ~Carlo Scotti

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   Wow...awesome! Great job Lawrence. But if that piece is not crooked, that's one heck of an illusion (j/k).

   "What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning." -- Werner Heisenberg

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   Thanks guys,
   I'm going to surface the "bar" with a mirror.

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   Totally bitchin, Lawrence!

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   But if that piece is not crooked, that's one heck of an illusion

   That piece has a triangle cut from the top front corner; from, the shelf to the door.

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   That piece has a triangle cut from the top front corner; from, the shelf to the door.

   Ahh, I see. Love the liquor cabinet btw...very nice...enjoy the fruit of your labors.

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   Thanks Brian, I will.

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    Fine job Lawrence...where in Gods name is the Ezra????

    The most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen...not necessarily in that order

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    Especially like the way you cut out the side of the monitor slot for proper side viewing

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    That is fantastic.

    "You have to be a man first before you're a gentleman. "
    
    John Wayne

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    I'm embarrassed...

    I used the last to sweeten my pipes about two weeks ago...
    Unfortunately it doesn't have the "time to buy more when the label's straight" label like Johnny Walker has.

    

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    Lawrence, what's in the keg?

    “Apples for walking, and a pipe for sitting.”
    ― Samwise Gamgee

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    Lawrence, what's in the keg?

    That is for oak aging mead.... in about 3 months.

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    Nice! Great setup you've got there.

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    very nice indeed.

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    Nice work, as one who is surrounded by cabinets of "chic stuff" this one screams man.

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    Nicely done Lawrence. I like organization and you've nailed it there.

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    Thanks guys, I'm intending to find out just how truly functional it is this weekend.

    as one who is surrounded by cabinets of "chic stuff" this one screams man.

    
    I feel your pain... Until we got our first ferret (Scooter RIP) years ago I was and have been surround and inundated by "chic stuff" and females in general (God love'em)... Thus... my "Smokin' Hole" aka "The Dog House".

    I like organization and you've nailed it there.

    
    That's the capricorn in me.
    Here's the logo on my keg.
    

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    That is for oak aging mead.... in about 3 months.

    Ooooooooohhhhh... Very nice!

    As is the rest of the recycling project - I wish I had more space to do such things with our old furniture, but we've wound up selling/giving it away to make way for upgrades. It still gets recycled, but it's not nearly as much fun.

    

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    That is awesome! I like the hidden bar, and how its customized to fit the room. The cut out on the left and the overall proportions look great... and of course the rack for the stetson. A man needs a place to hang his hat!
    And to top it off, its a custom piece of work you cant find anywhere else!

    

    "The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." - G. K. Chesterton

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    I wish I had more space to do such things with our old furniture,

    
    My Dog House, is where I do all this kind of stuff. Therefore it's always in a state of disarray. Basically off limits to the women folk.

    The cut out on the left and the overall proportions look great...

    
    Thanks Joshua, The TV that resides in said cut out is at the perfect viewing height and angle for my Lazy Boy.
    To the left are my Pachincko Machine, then my end table with some of my smoking accoutrements and above the Pachincko Machine my pipe rack. (My Secret Project)

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    Looks like there is no need to go anywhere else anymore.Don't drink Black but do the Red. Very nice.

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