http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/l...awg/TV%20Wall/

Now that I'm over my jealousy, a few questions...
- What techniques did you use to make the crown/cove, or was it bought?
I love how sharp it gets.

Crown was bought, trim piece at top was rounded over and top 3/4 was set
inside the trim.

- How did you decide on the angle of the two inner stiles on the upper
panels. They are attractive... I'm just curious if it was completely
improvised or was there a method to the madness.

At first I was going to use straight vertical pieces but for grins I
turned
them a bit and liked the look.


Beautiful.
Definitely looks better than vertical *and* better than perpendicular to
the curve.
It's almost always better to just go with what looks good to the eyes.


- In the arched rail, I can't tell if those perpendicular lines are
grain or inflections. Is the rail veneer, cut from a really wide board,
or (gasp!) steam bent?

Cut from a wide board. Think I made at least 10 drawings then a cardboard
template, finally permanent template. I had to make 2 final pieces. The back
one is 2 pieces glued together. I took my time looking for the front piece.
The Hardwood supplier got ****ed because I made a mess of his stack.

After about the third purchase involving someone giving me a hard time
for picking, when the owner decided to put in his 2 cents about me
"messing up the stacks," I finally told the guy straight up, "Look man,
with all due respect, first of any pile I pick through is going to look
better when I'm done, than it did when I started. And secondly, I'm
either picking the lumber I buy from you, or I'm picking what I buy
somewhere else. You can choose."


If you
look close it has lots of tiger stripes in it. I told the customer to get a
brass gas valve cover plate but never has. I think the chrome one looks
ghetto.


Even brass plated would look better. :-)
I vote for patinated bronze.


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