Alcove cupboard hiding TV DVD Sky and Speakers

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 Tom Ware Painters wife was being driven to distraction by wires and boxes and remote controls and more cables and extension leads and speakers and blinking lights and telephones and mobiles and laptops and....  --- well, I'm sure you get the picture. It was a nightmare that takes place all over the country,  in countless homes (including mine). But this home was important. It is HER home. And she doesn't want to see the tangle of wires etc. So her husband, Tom, being the super chap that he is, decided his ears had had enough ear bashing and he needed to tidy away his toys.... Along came Jim. From a standing start, it took me a day to build the unit, from scratch, out of three sheets of MDF. Now EVERYTHING is tucked away behind vented doors (to let the air circulate around the electronics).  The cables running to the TV have been hidden  and so harmony reigns in the home, and Tom can now watch his favourite programmes in super surround sound in peace. It's the job of every happily married man to keep his wife content - isn't it?

Update: Tom has now decorated the room and unit in matching colours

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Built in wardrobes and shelves

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Wardrobes open

In between a dozen other small jobs this week  I've been building wardrobes in a couple of  bedrooms. As you can see from the pictures they're built to wrap around a chimney breast. Both wardrobes are double hanging with a storage shelf at the top.Above the radiator is deep shelving.  The radiator is used as a drying station during the winter months, otherwise I would have incorporated a radiator cover. In the other bedroom (picture to follow) I've built a similar single wardrobe with double hanging. It took two days from start to finish. To finish the room off, the plasterer has skimmed all of the walls which will be painted on Monday, and the fitters are coming in on Wednesday to lay a new carpet. The new bed is standing in the hallway ready to take pride of place in this completely revamped bedroom.

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