Didn't know where best to put this, it's woodworking but more in the construction sense.
I need to wrap my two front porch columns, looking to do a recessed panel look. I've though of two ways I could do this. First would be to build a traditional box column wrap out of 1x material, then build face frames out of 1x to attach to the sides of the box to give the recessed panel look and dress it up from there. My other idea would be to use 2x material to build the sides of the column out of like a frame. I could rabbet the back and then install a panel directly into them. Either way would give the same look, but I have a feeling that the first method may result in a stronger final product.
Thoughts? Any other suggestions for a somewhat simple build? The plan is to use a combo of tradtional lumber and probably MDO for construction.
Thanks,
Ryan
This is the look I am going for:
recessed_paneled_column.jpg