DIY Restoration Hardware TV Stand
How This Guy DIYed His Own Restoration Hardware TV Stand For Almost Nothing
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If you've ever walked into a home decor store only to feel severely broke and depressed about the prices, you'll completely understand why it's sometimes better to just DIY. While most homeowners are familiar with cool IKEA hacks, an Imgur user was so inspired by another retailer, Restoration Hardware, that he decided to make his own TV stand. With a couple pieces of wood and sheets of metal, he was able to craft a rustic-meets-industrial TV stand for his living room. He documented the entire process, so if you're feeling inspired to make your own table for less, follow his steps ahead.
A mockup of the final product:
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Building the sides:
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Assembling the sides here:
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Adding the bottom and back pieces:
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Some progress wrapping the wood in the sheet metal — there are still bubbles in it that need to be fixed, though:
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Fixed the bubbles by adding a rectangular patch to it, looks better aesthetically:
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TV stand upside-down and wrapping the bottom edges up:
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Back side of the TV stand wrapped up:
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Laying the shelving in now, it's just normal pine one-by-fours:
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Close-up of the color of the wood after dry-staining:
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Shelves in place:
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All put together and stained, just needs some polyurethane to seal up the wood:
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Finally got to bring it inside and put my TV on it:
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The result:
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