UPDATE on New / Old Cabinet

When I last wrote I had just finished designing a cover-up cabinet for our washer and dryer units. I had also just finished talking my dear husband, Roger, into building it with the help of our youngest two children, Jenny and Justin.  Today the bottom half is finished and I have completed the staining with the "Special Walnut" stain and the 2 coats of Polyurethane. Roger and the kids re-assembled the take-apart-able cabinet this morning. This is how it looks!

This is the way it looks when closed. When we are using the front loading doors on the washer and dryer it opens to access them. Like this:

 

The upper controls are accessed through the top of the cabinet by folding back the top, which can be pushed up to open by pushing the hinged top up through the open front doors. Like this:

 

The board that doesn't flip up keeps the framing in position for the doors. (Remember there isn't a back on this cabinet so we can have a dryer vent and air circulation and electric and water hookups).

 

 

The cabinet is an Anniversary present from Roger, (and the kids), to me! :) The next step will be to build the top to the cabinet, which will be built in a step-back style to allow access to the light switch and the electrical outlets.