The Family Handyman – September 2019

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44 SEPTEMBER 2019 FAMILYHANDYMAN.COM

DOOR PLYWOOD: WILD GRAIN, HALF PRICE
The doors are prominent on this project, so the two
sheets of plywood you choose should match and look
great. It’s worth digging through the stack at a home
center and selecting a perfect pair of sheets. I went to
a lumberyard that caters to cabinet shops and found
matching cherry “rejects.” The tiny knots and dark
stripes were flaws in the eyes of cabinetmakers, but
they gave my doors a unique look. And I got them for
half price.

Plywood Cutting Diagrams


Five 4 x 8-ft. sheets of 3/4-in. plywood—we used three birch and two cherry.


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LIGHTING TO SET
THE MOOD
I inset the top of the
valance to create a shallow
recess for strip lighting. The light
strips are powerful enough to brighten
the room, but their real purpose is mood lighting.
Using an app on your phone, you can dim them or
select colors (purple lighting shown above!). I used
Philips Hue Lightstrips and a Hue Bridge controller
($150 total).
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