Apothecary Media Console with Storage Doors

We decided to "splurge" for our Anniversary and Valentine's this year and we bought ourselves a new TV.  Of course that meant we needed a new TV Stand.  So I started looking around to figure out what I wanted and I started on pinterest and ended up at ana-White.com.  I immediately fell in love with the Apothecary Console.  I had also seen TV Stands with the storage doors, and I knew I loved those. I also found a plan for a console with storage doors on Ana's website.

I loved the look of the Apothecary Console and the functionality of the storage doors, so I just decided I would draw my own plans and combine the two. I also didn't have room for a cabinet as wide as the original apothecary plans so I shortened it to three cabinets instead of four. I printed out both sets of Ana's plans, and got to drawing!

View my plans for this console and make your own just like it!

Here is a little bit about what we did to build it.

We used Clamps and a Square to make sure we were getting everything square.

When we attached the sides we used counter-sunk holes so we could fill them with Wood Filler and paint over them so you can't tell they are even there.

To attach it at the bottom, and to attach the shevles to the sides, we used Pocket Holes .

We also counter-sunk the screws on the tops.

We used a 2x4 for the base.

For the base on the front and back we just cut the 2x4 up the center.  This allows you to just use one 2x4.

We built the storage door shelves with counter-sunk holes, and then attached the face to them.

We hung the storage doors with these narrow style hinges.

Then we added the center door.  Which was hung with these euro style hinges.

We tipped the console over on it's back side to easily put on the false faces.

There is a 3/4" gap between all the faces so we cut a couple pieces of scrap wood to 3/4" and used them as guides for spacing the false faces.

We could have glued the faces on but we opted to use a small nail gun, and then just use Wood Filler on the holes. It was faster and easier to get them right where we wanted them.

For the top we cut all of our pine boards to the right length and drilled Pocket Holes in them.  Then we layed them out on the ground and squared them up.  One of us held the Square and knelt on top of the boards to keep them square while the other put the screws in.

I am pretty good at getting paint where it shouldn't be.  I was really nervous I would get paint on the top or drip stain on the bottom. So before we put the top on I stained it, and painted the rest of stand white. I used one coat of primer and two coats of antique white (sanding after every coat).

Because we were screwing the top on from underneath, we left the back off so that we could get screws in to the top from the back side as well as the front.

I bought these unfinished knobs so I could stain them to match the top.

The last few steps were attaching the knobs, two coats of Polyurethane (sanding after each coat), and tacking the back on with the nail gun.

Once we had the back on we used a Hole Saw to put a hole in for the cords.

The middle door would swing in a little bit further than we wanted so we added a Magnetic Stop , which turned out to be a really nice feature anyway.

And now finally it is finished and we can use our new TV that sat in the box for three weeks!

Don't forget to check out the plans so you can build your own!

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