Need Help Building Entertainment Center - Please Read!?

Question

I have a old-school style big screen tv (the kind with the build in stand, and thick) and I was thinking of making a entertainment center for it, but I do not have alot of experience building with wood, so I was wondering if there is any programs that can help you design something like this, and give you the dimensions you would need for the wood to buy?

Answer 1

AutoCAD.  Nothing better.

Answer 2

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I got mine for $120.00 last year

http://www.target.com/gp/search/601-3570...

These just work and look good and cost LESS than building your own....

And you can have it finished by this weekend....

Answer 3

I'll second the Ikea idea.

They have some nice stuff, and it's pretty easy to assemble.

You don't have to buy a "set" either - you can do a bookshelf on one side, a different cabinet on the other, and something else for the top.

Answer 4

I would not try something like this for your first item.  It will be front and center in your TV room, and may not come out looking right.

Go to Ikea and get a DIY put-it-together-yourself unit.  Then, start building something smaller like a small table to put the remote on next to the TV.