Creating a walnut and maple structure to frame TV and conceal all AV cables and hardware.

Each walnut panel will have a 1/2″ gap between pieces. Recessed behind the panels will be a maple backing. Cabinets and shelves will be maple as well.

Dataport and outlet will not be visible as seen in picture. There will be a cabinet door blocking it from plain view

Starting point … sub-woofer unsuccessfully trying to conceal routers, chargers, wires, etc.

Side-view starting point.

Walnut plywood to get 4 of the 8 pieces needed.

Eight pieces cut to rough size with walnut hardwood stock to make edge band strips.

Gluing lengths of edge-banding to one of the panels.

First set of edge band strips glued to one panel.

All panels completed with edge banding … Next weekend sanding and finishing.

Maple plywood that will be used to make the cabinet boxes.

Cabinet pieces cut to rough size for construction.

Getting a cabinet square before gluing and construction … Always surprising how this ends up being the most complex part of the project.

Cabinet pieces (interior pre-finished) ready for gluing assembly.

Cabinet boxes glued-up. Next up … making cabinet doors to size on front … then shape, sand and finish all corners and edges.

Lightbox end-caps and sides being glued together. Due to many sides being glued … take a few more clamps and right-angle blocks to make them square.

Both sides of lightbox end-caps after gluing, shaping and initial sanding.

All pieces brushed and vacuumed in preparation for first coat of finish.

First coat of finish applied.

All eight panels completed. Took four coats of poly.

Cross beams for the base. The semi-circles go topside so AV and Internet wires can run across the entire bottom.

Cross beams inserted in dado grooves. Next step, fasten finished maple plywood to front and sides for toe-kick.

Attaching the maple backing to the walnut panels.

Lighting hardware readied for installation.

Door hinges installed.

One completed cabinet … final finishing included steel-wool followed by waxing.

Transporting pieces into San Francisco Condominium.

Slight oversite … didn’t pre-cut a hole for the outlets … had to free-hand a jigsaw cut. Fortunately, this goes behind the cabinet and isn’t viewable.

Attaching all vertical pieces before placing on wall.

Aligning the base into position.

Quick check to make sure rough dimensions are aligning as hoped.

Attaching 2×4’s to studs in wall … the backing to the panels will screw into these.

Attached base plate and TV wall mount in place.

Panel “wall” in place.

With a forstner bit in the drill press, one can make a very precise angled pilot hole. This is important to get a clean attachment of the panel wall to the 2×4’s that are place on the wall (as seen in next photo).

Vertical view of how panel wall was attached to 2×4’s. Notice how pilot holes made from previous photo allow the screw to be secured in the backer board while also being concealed.

Phillips HUE LED bulbs. Each light connects to a WiFi bridge to control dimming, color, and timing for when lights turn on and off.

An Omnimount Elite TV Mount. I have a 60″ Samsung Smart TV … but the mount will support up to 80″ if/when I upgrade the TV.

Designed the wells of the base for all routers, bridges, wires, etc.

Just realized that the Sonos Playbar needs to be connected to both power and the TV (obviously). Had to run to Lowes to by a 1 1/4″ grommet and 1 1/4″ wood boring bit.

Inside right-hand cabinet … two holes are on the bottom of cabinet (only one is visible in this picture). The visible hole on the bottom right empties outside to connect the subwoofer. The other hole behind the PS3 goes to the center bottom of the base where all the WiFi bridges and surge protectors are located.

Complete!  Front View

Complete! Side View