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Looking for pictures of homemade radio benches

I’m late to this thread but I built this one from standard shelving planks found at menards. I built it because I couldn’t find anything on the market that suited my wants. It is secured to the wall. Not pictured but it completes its bend and houses my flat screen TV on the right
 

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Yes sir, I actually double posted. I made another thread on the "lets see your setup" and it was there I mentioned that I was working on making shelves :). I am not a fan of stacking stuff either, I am at a midway point. I have to return to Menards and get more planks,,,, and let the sawdust dissolve out of my ears lol
 
Danville, Il way...

Had a GF there 30 years ago. Very small town. Went out one night shooting pool, got kinda tight with running the table, figured I'd cut out before things got bad. Called 8 ball side and cue corner pocket. Sunk both. Laid stick down and got the hell out.
Ride back was memorable. Willy's jeep, snow everywhere, RR crossing. Crazy guy driving hollered "We gonna jump the tracks!"
Yep! Never passed above a stop sign before. Landed with an A-Team 4 point and proceeded into the corn field. Guy in back with no seat was all over the place. Got back fella in back just got out shivering, and walked off murmuring...."F'n Crazy!" Over and over.
 
Price is right, but office furniture will take up an entire room in a house.

“Never looks right”, isn’t just scale.

The “furniture” I described early in thread one fits to only a part of the room.

When it’s time to remove it one only need fill a few screw holes.

In a kitchen I added bead board as wainscoting to meet just below a desktop affixed to two walls. This defined the dining area by extending towards work area of kitchen to first kitchen counter. Floor changed also.

One entered and to left desktop extended from that doors wall to farther wall where the bead board went past framed window.

No door interference. And no change to traffic flow (office furniture in house problem).

I could work, and had that large window to my right to keep from staring at wall

This was in an upper garage apartment. Good thing that landlord liked me AND the work, ha!

When I moved out he moved his daughter in (had 17-18 multi-unit properties). Refunded part of final months rent for improvements (also a unit in bedroom). I had done a lot of other work besides.

Point is, you know already how you like to “work”. Same here in buying and using plywood sheet plus 2x4.

Just finish sanding & painting afterwards. Half-round on edges.

A nice trick learned is to paint ceiling lightest shade of wall paint color from Pantone chart. Did desk same light shade. Hid electrical in conduit up to underside.

Already had an overhead light fixture. I’d have added a LUXO articulated drafting table lamp.

Think about where you’ll place a USN ships radio room clock. (ground-pounder radioddity unleashes his inner squiddity )

“The center” is the big decision.

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