Ah, finally time to build something for our living room that recently underwent a full remodel! So far, due to time and "I'm only human" and "Please don't divorce me", we've bought most everything from Ethan Allen.
I have two shots from sketch-up and a shot of the real McCoy. My wife found this spendy handwoven metal framed baskets at Cost Plus World Market for the bargain price of 30 bones each! Ah, well, she figured, we'll save money because LOML (that would be me! ) will build a nice piece of furniture for these!
Ah, she knows me only too well and I'm only happy to oblige!
So we have 6 baskets (13" wide x 10 1/2" high x 16" deep) that will need to fit into a shelving cabinet of sorts. It'll be all walnut (sketch-up only had cherry color...close enough) but she likes thick-looking shelves and such so I have them at 1 1/4". You can see my idea for the construction of the basic panel. I have a lot of different ideas put into sketch-up so as to figure out what we want.
I'm fairly certain we'll want some kind of stop in place so one doesn't push the basket all the way through but we are undecided how to approach this. A full panel? Perhaps some quarter-round molding wrapping the interior of each box? Something else? I feel like I want to see the baskets from the other side because the color goes well with the living room and it'll keep the piece more airy and not so heavy looking despite its beefy appearance.
Anyway, pinging the collective here on any ideas. We're also stumped on legs for this piece. If anyone wants the .skp file, just holler...it is too big to attach here.
Oh, to clarify, this will be a place for keys, purses, etc. as one walks in the house so its main access is from the front door side. The "back" will face the living room. It will serve to also divide the area a bit.