Gothic - Bookcases & Media centre
This large bookcases TV media/entertainment centre would make an impact in any room. It combines
several pieces we have designed in the past into 1 unit. This is a new piece and was shown on a
previous page. This page took the earlier design and eleborated on it to produce many design
variotions and lots of colour/finishing ideas. This was designed for a clients living
room, to go along 1 wall. The symetrical design included a central TV cabinet flanked by
2 x 2 bay bookcases. The bookcases themselves are not symetrical, as one side was required
to house a record player, hence the wider bay. And each bookcase required a bay to house a
large speaker. This asymetry in the 2 bookcases adds some interest to the overall look. Below
we've shown a wide range of design and finish options to give you some ideas of what is
achievable.
The bookcases don't need to be 2 bays wide, they could be (a) 1 - 3 wide (balanced with the
widest section in the middle (B) 4 or more bays wide, but this would involve some site assembly
& installation. And although shown as freestanding bookcases they can be built-in, wall to wall
and/or floor to ceiling. They could also have bottom cupboards with doors. Access for cables and
power sockets is always a consideration with type of furniture. Plus physical access to the room
it will go in is another big consideration, as quite often these might need to be assembled in
the room rather than supplied fully assembled. The bookcases are made bespoke to order, so we can
adapt the dimensions to your requirement, and change the colour or finish. We don't do quotations
until we've agreed a spec with a client.
Above are shown the photographs of the finished media centre. It has classic Gothic
elements, from lancet arched doors to castellated cornice, chamfering and the dark
wood finish. The bi-fold doors enclose the inner space but allow accesst to just watch
the wall mounted TV, or access the base shelves. The bi-fold doors can be folded back
further than shown, these photos just tried to capture the best look of the piece. You
can also display pieces of art or china above the unit. The media centre had to be made
so the side mouldings could be removed later and scribed in once the 2 set back bookcases
are added.
The bookcases & media centre cabinet can either be straight or have a center breakfront;
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Below is shown the room where the entertainment centre is to be located, along the far wall.
The first photo shows the empty room, followed by several Photoshop designs to show furniture
options in-situ. The last 2 also show the option of revising the chimney breast & fireplace to be
in keeping with the style of the new furniture. We can take this as far as you want.
The bookcases media centre main design variations;
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Design is a process, we don't just wave a magic wand or press a button on the CAD program &
have a finished piece. Customers often don't know exactly what they want, it's size, they
often want to see some options, and gradually the final CAD design gets pulled together. After
the initial quick Photoshop designs were produced we started to establish the finished design
as shown in the following designs. If you want to see how far this process can be taken have
a look at the next media centre webpage for a large selection of design and colour options.
Unusually the bookcases are asumetric with 2 different width bays per bookcase. The reason
for this was the customer's constraints, namely the room width (the unit had to end at the
radiator case and not go into the corner); their existing large flat screen TV size, and the
bookcases had to include speakers and a record turntable.
The bookcases media centre colour/finish & design options;
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Work in progress photos;
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Whilst we all enjoy looking at nice photos of pieces and designs furniture making is a
practical business. It involves taking a load of un-machined 'blank' boards, marking them
out, cutting and dimensioning every single component to the exact size, machining joints
and construction, assembling the components square, sanding them all (so even with dust
extraction it can be a dusty enviroment), final assembly. Then take it apart to stain and
finish all the components (which is why it is shown without the cornice and plinth mouldings
at the moment), and then re-assemble the finished item. Make no mistake this is engineering
in wood, and the customer pays for this attention to detail and skill in producing these pieces.
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