Howdy folks. My next project is the TV Stand/ Entertainment Center for the living room. My main material is Peruvian walnut/ nogal. I've pretty much decided that the sides are going to be cope and stick with the raised panels made of mahogany. As always, I have questions... joinery of the base, how to do the feet, what type of finish, etc. But first and foremost, I could use some help with the layout.
The entertainment center can only be 54" wide, because that's how long the nogal is.
I have a moose of a center channel speaker (Paradigm, just like Matt Meiser's). Much as I'd love to get a newer, smaller one, I don't think I could slide that by the wife right now. So I'm struggling to design around the center channel hole in the cabinet. Aesthetically, the center channel needs to go in the cabinet, not sitting on top of the unit.
I've scratched out two layouts in sketchup. Would love your thoughts on which looks better, or, if you have different ideas, please let me know.
Thanks in advance,
John