so we are building a diy tv stand for our living room so if you're new to my channel
we just moved from minnesota to colorado and so we're getting settled here we don't have furniture
or appliances or anything but one priority that my husband wanted was to get our tv stand done and we
prefer to build our own furniture because we feel like it's better quality and lasts longer
and then we can make it exactly how we want it but this is a new design that i'm trying out
for this tv stand and it just involves some upper cabinets some butcher block and shelving and some
pegs i'm going to show you the area where it's going to be going and then we'll go and make
this diy tv stand here is our living room we have really tall vaulted ceilings in here um so this
wall is very large our couch is going to be right here when it comes in but this back wall i kind
of wanted a larger tv stand wanted it to kind of make a statement since it will be centered here in
our wall so let's go to the garage i'll show you what i got all right so here is the items that we
picked up at lowe's for this diy tv stand we got two upper cabinets and so just so you understand
the difference between uppers and lowers the lowers will have like a foot indent on the
side here so it goes like in we don't want that so that's why we bought uppers the dimensions we have
are 24 by 30. but of course you can get whatever size you want and then we got this very thick
butcher block top the dimensions of this is a 25 by 98 long so these just come you know
pre-cut this is thick if you can kind of see that it's an inch and a half thick which i like chunky
tops and whatnot so um that's perfect so we got some of this maple hardboard and this is going
to be the shelving between the cabinets and then one other item we are using are these cute little
legs that we got at lowe's so our plan with this is um to put it right here in the corner
this will be the legs for our tv stand all right so we're measuring out the tv stand right now
and we have a 65 inch tv however just so you are aware that doesn't mean your tv is 65 inches wide
we looked at the dimensions of our tv and it's actually 58 inches wide it's just 65
is the diagonal size so you have to measure that to kind of figure out your dimensions for your tv
stand so for our tv which you have to check your tv we are gonna do a tv stand that is 70 inches
long this is going to be the width of our tv stand that's exactly 70 inches from this corner over to
that corner and then where that tape measure is from there to the end that's 58 so that's exactly
where our tv will sit so it's perfectly centered it gives us a little room on each side now that
we have it set how we want it positioned i just wanted to show you guys this for upper cabinets
you will see that there's a little lip right here because we're going to be putting
shelves right here that bore that we're going to cut going to be about 23 inch boards
running all the way down and so with this here we're going to set the board right
behind it so we'll give it a nice finish so you don't like see that
connection there we'll show you how that looks but i wanted to show you this detail
nice there it is like a glove and so how he's kind of making his mark is he's just
taking this and pushing down on it really hard to make an indent where that screw is
so then he can see i don't know if you can see it in the camera maybe kinda yeah so he knows exactly
where he needs to put his wall all right there's the legs now we're going to flip this over and
then we're going to screw them in from the inside of the cabinet now we're just going to take some
regular screws and put two screws in each leg just secure the legs with two screws on each side
of the peg so now we definitely know that they can't come off both of them have legs look how
cute that is and it just kind of gives it a little extra flare instead of just like sitting straight
on the ground just a nice little touch to kind of dress it up a bit now we're gonna work on all the
shelving to go in the middle here all right so we are measuring the width now between both cabinets
and the depth is what we're going to be cutting right now so we decided to save wood because it
was literally only one inch difference so we can get about three shelves out of this board and so
that's what we're gonna do and then we can return that piece because there's no need to waste wood
all right we're using our nail gun to secure these
so right now he's nailing in the side of the shelves from inside the cabinet are you guys
all the shelves are in oh my gosh it's looking so good what we thought we were gonna do now
we have a little bit still of this wood piece of filler from cutting all three shelves
so here we're gonna just trim this out so it's
flush so we're just gonna put three pieces so they're flush just to like finish it off a little
okay so this is completely finished already now we just have to cut
the butcher block top and it's done and ready for painting this looks so nice
now we're measuring the top for our butcher block and so we're gonna do about a two inch overhang on
the side so we're cutting our butcher block at 75 inches total which will give us a nice overhang
on each side this is absolutely gorgeous though i'm loving this so my plan is i will be painting
this we're going to just keep the butcher block and do a clear coat on it and then
same with the peg all right you guys so it is painting time so um what i did is i got
some paint um it's the sherwin williams it's called useful gray i was kind of going for like a
green light green gray color here's the color that's going to be for like the cabinet part
and so we're keeping the butcher block natural so that's kind of the transition that it will look
like and this is the paint i bought it's sherwin williams showcase it's a paint and primer so my
hope is i can just do two coats on all of this and it should be good i took the doors
off and i just put them right here because um it's easier to paint it that way so let's get started
one coat is finished i'm really loving this color thus far it's all dry so now i can start the
second coat but i just wanted to kind of show you so when you put your first coat of paint on wood
it kind of lifts and it's kind of rough so what you do to get rid of that is give it a very light
sand that little bit of sanding just makes it nice and smooth yep now it's nice and smooth
it is time to clear coat my butcher block i'm so excited clear coat on top it just kind of brings
out the grain and really makes it pretty so i'll show you what i'm using all right you guys this
is my tried and true clear that i use for like every single project when i'm ready to seal it
poly acrylic by minwax on this one i'm just going to do a clear satin i don't really want it
super glossy so um i figured satin will be perfect for the top of the butcher block
this stuff it looks like milk it's like milky but it's no yellow tones or anything
with this poly curling that's why i love it because regular poly usually has
yellow undertones and i don't like that this is straight clear all right let's go put it on
all right watch how this wood just lights up
wow
it's beautiful see how it makes that grain just pop
oh it's so pretty one thing about this poly is it dries very fast so you have to work pretty quickly
when you're using this there's the one coat so i'm gonna let this dry and like i said it dries really
fast while that's drying i'm gonna put the doors back on all right look at that you guys i'm doing
the same thing i did with the paint because when you use poly on anything on bare wood it lifts
the wood so i'm gonna sand this nice and smooth and then put one more coat on top and it is
done there it is you guys time to get this beauty into our living room the drawer handles are going
on because you guys it looks absolutely awesome so here we got the doorknobs on they look super
butcher black is gorgeous there it is set up with a 65 inch tv it is perfect size it gives us
nice little ledges on each side and yeah it fits very well in here all right you guys and there is
our beautiful diy tv stand i hope you like this little diy project it was a lot of fun making it
and the fun thing about making your own furniture is you can customize it and make it exactly how
you want so if you end up making something similar definitely comment below i would love to hear if
any of you do make your own tv stand similar to this with upper cabinets and butcher box so fun
project pretty easy project thanks so much for watching if you enjoyed these diy projects be
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