CD and DVD holders are available in various shapes and sizes. If you are planning to build one and contemplating over hiring a carpenter to do the job for you, think again. You can find various furniture DIY plans over the internet. At this article you shall find a furniture DIY for making CD and DVD holder in the shape of cute pigeon hole. Following the steps describes in this article you can very easily make such a CD and DVD holder all on your own quite easily even though you are a novice in the trade of woodwork. All the materials required for the completion of this project are easily available.
Materials Required:
- Lumber Wood
- Saw
- Nails
- Sandpaper
- Utility Knife
- Wood Stain
- Rigid Cardboard
- Wood Stain
- Black Paint
- Paint Brush
Before beginning the project first properly buy the materials required. Purchase lumber woods in abundant quantity so as to attain the required height of the CD/DVD rack. The overall measurement of the pigeon hole shelve for DVD described here is 37 1/2 inches in height, 19 1/2 inches in width and 9 1/2 inches in depth. With this measurement this can hold up to 120 DVDs and 44 CDs or 220 CDs. The CD shelving unit would be 7 1/4 inches in height, 14 1/2 inches in width and 7 1/4 inches in depth. This can hold up to 26 CDs. But this capacity depends upon the dimension of your CD and DVD case.
Procedure:
- Using a saw cut the lumber woods in accordance to the measurements already mentioned above. This can be altered proportionally depending on the number of CDs and DVDs you wish to hold in there. So in order to get an assumption get the measurement of your CD and DVD cases.
- Make incision in the wood using circular saw to build the shelves and sides of the CD and DVD shelve.
- After cutting the woods into desired pieces and making the selves and sides dry fit these individual units according to the design you want to make the shelving unit.
- Now to give it a permanent structure, by using glue and nails, fix each and every individual unit of the CD and DVD shelve. First fix each and every unit with nails and then apply the glue. Rub off the extra glue that might be dripping from the furniture joints. Lat the shelving unit to dry out completely.
- Now stain the shelving unit. By using a brush and a color that suits the décor of the room. After each coating of the paint let it dry. Then put on the next coat of the paint. Continue this procedure till the furniture looks glossy.
- Now fix the backside of the pigeonhole CD and DVD shelving unit. This has to be of plywood instead of lumber wood by using nails and glue. After the glue has dried out pain plywood black with black paint and let it dry.
The pigeon hole shelving unit for keeping and displaying CD and DVD is now ready to be used.
