I have a filecabinetonthishalfbecauseofthefactthat I wanttobeabletoactuallyputmytaxesandstuffinanarea, not a cardboardbox, andhavetogodiggingthroughtheclosetforward, myCP, askfor a receipt.
Sothat's besidethepoint.
Um, theydon't makethisanymore.
Thisthiscablemanagementpiece, ThiswaspartoftheGolanSiri's, whichhasbeendiscontinued a longtimeago.
Someofthatyoucouldseethisdeskwasprobablygonnabe a lot.
Itwasn't it.
Itwasn't cheap, but I like a lotofdesperatebecause I alsowannahave, like I said, a laptopinitinthesecondarysetupoverhere, someonemonitoringstreams, or I justwanttodosomethingthatinvolved a desktop.
I alwayshave a laptopwithme, andso I'm gonnaprobablyhaveotherthingsgoingonhere.
I don't knowwhatyet.
Let's talkaboutthethingyouguysobviouslycareabout.
Oh, as a couch, because, well, ultimategameroomwouldn't have a chillspace.
Sothisis a best, uh, TVstandformyKia.
Thecoolthingaboutthisisyoucanconfigureit.
Howyouwantthisparticularversion.
I wanttosayitwasjustunder $400 asconfigured, but I obviouslywentwiththefrostedglassdoorsthatcoveredthewholeside, andyoucanobviouslyseewhy.
Um, I wentwiththetalleronebecauseit's a wallmountedTV.
I wanttogettheentertainmentcenteruphigh.
It's usingtheirstainlesssteelfeet.
I hadconsidereddoing a wallmountedonesothatitcouldItcouldhang, um, lookcoolfloating.
Butthatwould'vebeencablemanagementnightmarinatedharmonytogetbehindtheretohooksomethingup, takehimoffthewallwith a completepainintheass.
But I waslike, I wanttomakethiscustominsomeway.
And I toldPhil I waslike, Hey, glass, I couldbacklightit.
Andthatwastheoriginalideawhichledtothis.
Sotheyselltheseglasstopsareonly 25 bucks, whichiscool, becauseifitbreaksbecauseofmykidsandstuff, I droppedit.
What, threetimesyoulikeonthecorner, tryingtoputitonthestupidthingbecauseit's notin a cardboardboxwhenyoubuyitdidn't break, sothat's a goodstart.
But I went.
Youknowwhat?
Just a glasstoponthetopisnotgonnabegoodenoughforme.
So I went.
Howcan I makethiscustom?
Well, because I wanttopulloutmorewoodtonesandnothavetheonlywoodinthisroombethedeskandmyself.
I wantedtomaketheseplanksforthebackoftheTV.
I'lltellyouhow I didthesein a second, buttopullinmorewoodtone, I cameupwiththistrimrighthere.
I justusedtheoneinchstablestostaplethemintothemselves.
Sothey'reat a 45 degreecut, sotheylookniceandneat.
Andthen I usedtheserubberstandoffs, theserubberfeetthat I gotfromthehardwaresectiontostanditupoffthetablefortworeasons.
Onewithoutanysortoffrictiononhere, a rubberorsomething.
Itjustkindofslidesaround.
Andso I didn't wantthattwo.
Itlooksreallyneat, allowingsomeofthelight t escapedbetweentheglassandthebottom.
Now, I'vegottwodifferentthicknessesonherebecause I wasplayingaroundwiththisand I'm gonnabereplacingthebottomwith a thickerorthinnerfeetlike I'vegotonthetopbecausewhen I'm sittingonthecouch, a lotofthelightwillleakrightinyourfacebecauseoftheedgeLitlediswhich I foundtobeverydistractingandveryuncomfortable.
So I'm goingtobeshowingyouhow I madethisrightnow, when I takeitaparttoreplacethosefeet, thesewoodpiecesrighthereitonlytook 2 98 inchor 96 inch I thinklinkstodothiswithplentyleftoverthatwasroughly $20 worthoflumber.
Ifthatprobablynoteventhat.
Andthentherubberfeetfor 3 95 a packageandthentheledstripontheinsideisactuallythePhillipsyou.
NowthePhillipsyouStripwas 79 bucks.
However, youknowaswellas I doonAmazonandevennowinside, likeLowe's andHomeDepot, youcangetthereallyinexpensive, remotecontrolcontrolledstripsforlike 30 bucksoreven 15 bucksorcheaperonAmazon.
Soifyoudidn't wantthesmartcontrolledfeatureslike I have, likethis, likemaketheglowtopblue.
So I mean, I coulddothatsortofstuff.
If I turnoutthelight, you'llseeit'llmaketheTVHutchblue.
Sobecausetheseareallsmartcontrolled, I cancontrolthemthroughabsolutescenesandroutines.
In 2.8, you, my 2.1 forwardcompatiblemakesitjustIt's onlygonnamaturebetter, likefinewinewithtime.
So, seeinghowgoodthe C nineactuallywasinhisspacemademehavetogowithoneofthese.
I wasgonnagowithColette.
I waslookingat a Sony X 9 50 ornine x 90 f, which I havedownstairs, actuallyin a 75 inchversion, eventhoughthewindowrightbehindit, yes, there's a glare.
But I'vehadOLEDsforsolongnow.
I'm kindofusedtoit.
I'm usedtolookingatsomeoftheglare.
I kindoflookedthroughit.
Plus, withthoseblindsareshutif I put a blackoutcurtainrodacrossit, but I cancloseduringmovies, youmightevengetoneofthecontrolmightgetoneofthosesmartcontrolledonesthatconnectsto a rod.
Sowhen I when I tellitmovietime, it's gonnamakeallthelightsgocustom, thenit'lljustclosethisrighthere.
It's notthefirsttimeit's beendone.
Infact, it's quitecommonforpeopletodo a woodplankwallbehindtheTVjusttoget a littlebitofclass.
Andlike I said, I wantedtopullinmoreofthewoodtonesbecause I'vegotthegreysandgotthewhiteswouldisthewarm, invitingtoneforthisparticulargamer.
I alsodidn't wanttoadd £5000 ofwoodtothiswall, either.
Andif I wentandgotoakplates, which I wasplanningondoingsingleplainsallthewayacross, gluingthemtogether, planingit, makeitflat, taking a routeraboutdazzlingarebattlingit.
Itstillwouldhavebeenlike £100.
Ofwhat?
I didn't wantthat.
Sowhat I did.
Instead, I found a singlepieceofeighthinchprime a pinch a pinchpine, whichisbasicallyonelayerofwhatyouwouldfindinlikeplywoodonLee.
It's a muchhigherqualitypieceofwood.
I don't wanttotheflooringsectionandgotmyselfthesevinylsdickonpeelingstickflooringplanksinthesamecolorthatmatchedthedesk.
Thenall I didwasstaggeringintocustomlinksandcuthimbecausehecancuthimwith a razorbladeandsnaphimlikeyouscoreinitsnaps.
Andthen I cameupwiththis, so I haven't doneanedgeforthisyet.
So I add I hadthemcutthebigsheettothesizethat I wanted, cause I don't have a tablesaw, so I wouldnot I wouldnottrytousethestraightedgeandcutthatitwouldneverbeenstraightsotheycouldcutitforyouifyoudon't havethetools, right?
We'vehadthewindowsopen, soit's notthemoisture, so I'm gonnaendupgoinginlikeusingmynailgunkindofthioMakeitallflat, which I anticipated I wouldprobablyhavetodoatsomepoint.
Anyway, thatistheendofpartthree.
And, youknow, we'regettingclosetotheendoftheprojectsbecause, well, itlookslike a prettyroomtome.
Yeah, Nebula.
It's notgonnabestayingread.
That's justover a justwaslike, I don't knowwhattodo, Red.
Sowe'lltakecareofallthat, leader.
We'llbeflushingallthat.
No, wait, wait.
Chloe, Putwhateverwe'llfindoutlater.
Thanks.
Watchingeyes, we'llseeyouintheconclusion.
Allyourpricey a videobeforethataboutsomethingelseandin a wayyet.
Okay, sothisispartsomethingofthisbuildlock.
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