I'm (hopefully) soon to be making a built in wardrobe against 2 walls (with a small alcove in the corner) and have suggested oak veneered 18mm mdf for the panels, doors and drawers.
Doing this in plain mdf is obviously an easier process, as you can route, shape, drill/fill/paint wherever fixings need to go. I can see this being a problem with pre-finished board.
My first concern is edging, can happily use iron-on strip and finish off with 1/4" lammy trimmer, but don't want it all looking like a 'flat' and 'lifeless' monolith.
I notice that Ikea sell oak veneered doors with a slightly rounded edging which is a few mm thick. How best to recreate this? (any suppliers about that sell this?)
...what about ally or stainless door edging that runs full length of the door?
The other concern is fixing it together. Dowels spring to mind, modesty blocks won't look too hot IMO, neither will running lengths of 2x1 all over the place.
decorative shelf supports that will also help hold it all together would be useful.
Maybe a nice looking metal bracket in stainless? something like this specifically the tiny support bracket, not the massive main one.
Overall size to be about 2200wx600dx2400h. Deeper into the alcove, for which I might recess the frame, so that 1 of the doors is set back from the others.
Ideas & thoughts?
Doing this in plain mdf is obviously an easier process, as you can route, shape, drill/fill/paint wherever fixings need to go. I can see this being a problem with pre-finished board.
My first concern is edging, can happily use iron-on strip and finish off with 1/4" lammy trimmer, but don't want it all looking like a 'flat' and 'lifeless' monolith.
I notice that Ikea sell oak veneered doors with a slightly rounded edging which is a few mm thick. How best to recreate this? (any suppliers about that sell this?)
...what about ally or stainless door edging that runs full length of the door?
The other concern is fixing it together. Dowels spring to mind, modesty blocks won't look too hot IMO, neither will running lengths of 2x1 all over the place.
decorative shelf supports that will also help hold it all together would be useful.
Maybe a nice looking metal bracket in stainless? something like this specifically the tiny support bracket, not the massive main one.
Overall size to be about 2200wx600dx2400h. Deeper into the alcove, for which I might recess the frame, so that 1 of the doors is set back from the others.
Ideas & thoughts?