On 1/28/2014 10:10 PM, Bill wrote:
Bill wrote:
Greg Guarino wrote:
I'm still musing on how to build several things for the living room.
I think I'm mostly settled on the end tables, but I've just drawn
what must be at least the sixth permutation of a set of shelves for
cookbooks. I guess that's what Sketchup is for, right? Drawing six
times as many things as you'll actually build?

Yes, 6 iterations is good. Be glad you didn't spend your time and
materials on the first 5. By now, you figured out what you want.



What is the point of being able to see through the sides and back? Maybe
it depends on where you put them? If you put them against a wall, do
you want to see the wall behind the books when you look into the
cabinet? I think half of the point of a cabinet is to hide stuff--to
abstract it away to reduce clutter. For instance I don't understand why
people build TV stands with see-through panels on the sides. YMMV.

Bill


Having see though cabinets, if done right, can help to lessen the effect
the cabinet has on the room. For instance if you can see the wall
behind the cabinet it might not make the room look quite as small if you
were wanting storage in a relatively small room.

My wife and I have a relatively large kitchen/ kitchen table area/ hall.
HUH? ;~) Basically you walk through this area after entering the
house and passing the side office. All through out we have 11' tall
ceilings. On the walk through/hall area I designed and built a
relatively large wall cabinet, I call it the pantry. Its dimensions are
8' wide, 8' tall, and about 16" deep. Even on that 11' tall wall that
is approximately 17' long I had concerns of this monster of dominating
the area.