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A&C Prairie Style Entertainment Center

comments (3) July 8th, 2010 in Reader's Gallery

Turbochief Turbochief, member
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Prairie style of Arts and Crafts is characterized by low wide platforms, massive legs with feet, and raised trim
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Prairie style of Arts and Crafts is characterized by low wide platforms, massive legs with feet, and raised trim
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After visiting the Frank Lloyd Wright Studio in Oak Park, I've taken to designing and building furniture in this Prairie style for a new home. This entertainment center is 10 ft long and supports a 46 inch LCD. My design utilized carcass construction in 3 units and those units are "suspended" on the 8 legs of 4x4 inch hollow box construction (used 5 quarter lumber). All material is either solid cherry or cherry veneered 3/4 inch wafer core plywood. The top pieces of each of the three sections are readily removable, as they are simply covers for the open top carcass pieces below. All pullouts are full extension, with the center sections aimed at electronics (ventilated back) and the sides aimed at storage. All the prairie style trim is solid cherry in routed slots for good anchoring.


Design or Plan used: My Own Design - Prairie Style Entertainment Center
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Turbochief Turbochief writes: shadowbox : The 3 units are carcass construction rather than frame and panel. The side and base panels and sub top cross rails are firmly attached to each other as you might do for a kitchen cabinet. The corner legs are notched out so that the cabinet weight goes thru the notch bottoms to the floor. The carcass panels are screwed to the leg backs from inside the cabinet. I guess what I'm saying is that overall it is a cross between carcass construction and frame and panel joinery for cabinetry that has floor resting legs.
Posted: 11:48 pm on February 28th

shadowbox shadowbox writes: What did you mean by "suspended" on the 8 legs?
Posted: 1:56 pm on February 4th

MSchroeder MSchroeder writes: I love it! - Very classical FLR style. Great workmanship, you should be very pleased with this piece.

Schroeder
Posted: 9:48 pm on July 12th

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