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Up-Cycled Locker Style Cabinet

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I recently received a broken-down-old-locker-style cabinet that was destined for the dump.  I have been commissioned to bring it back to life and improve the style of the unit.  I will be sharing the process with you.

Initial version of Locker Cabinet

Here is the process that I used to bring it back to life:

  1. Re-attached the back of the cabinet
  2. Re-attached the original edge molding
  3. Filled all hole, dents, and gashes
  4. Added extra support to the base
  5. Added extra support to the back-panel for securing it to the wall
  6. Add face-frame molding
  7. Routed the inside edge of the face-frame molding with a cove bit
  8. Add extra side panels
  9. Primed and painted inside and out
  10. Installed the newly revised locker cabinet.
Final version of locker cabinet
Locker already in use

 

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"The most important reason to work with ZCD was that I saw the before and after pictures of the restoration job you did on that antique bench. I have seen period furniture and you restored it to an original new condition. That combined with the quality I saw in your new furniture ventures convinced me that you were a great craftsman and you also had the discipline to keep antiques as antiques and restore them to their former beauty and not try to modernize them."

"What Joan and I and our kids saw was a much loved family heirloom which was given to you (ZCD) in a beat up and broken condition restored to its former beauty and usefulness as we remembered it. You even used square nails which Joan loved. Your restoration will provide our family with many more years and perhaps generations of enjoyment of the marble top chest/cabinet."

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