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RE: [VAL] Cabinets/shoji door



I have already burned the cabinet doors ...they were just warped
plywood...and I still have the cabinet facing in the galley to use as a
template but I do know what you mean by the veneer and I have done that
to a dated old bath cabinet. It does look like new if you never open the
door,,,and I don't care about that...who's gonna be seeing that but me
and sometimes the "driver"!!!

This door veneering is a great idea to share for those who don't have an
"overkill" work shop like my "tool addicted" Mr has accumulated!!!  

We are hell-bent on having this thing look completely different.  Right
now I am involved in making a dinette seat that's curved in front with
vertical strips of cherry 1/4" or less thick on the front. 
http://flummoxed.org/lexxey/dew/setteedetail.jpg

I love using this Corel draw for making plans that come out of the
printer actually to scale. Not as messy as pencil drawing.

Sometimes creativity is a curse!!  I mean it.  I get on to myself for
making things too involved before I realize what I've gotten myself
into. I'm making all the handles out of freeform porcelain leaf
shapes....each is a bit different. Like the one on this box:
http://flummoxed.org/lexxey/wood/kleafsm.jpg


Here is a pix of the shoji door we finally got up last night.  
http://flummoxed.org/lexxey/dew/sdoor.jpg
http://flummoxed.org/lexxey/dew/sdoordetail.jpg
Just a little success once in a while keeps us hanging in there.

Lexxy/aka/Lynn