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TV Cabinet<\/span><\/strong> In Holland, months before we moved here, we decided it was a good idea to have a TV on the porch. For evenings when it is still nice and warm out and you feel like watching a movie, but it would be a shame to move inside, to the living room. We also didn\u2019t want that TV to be in sight all the time, or worse still, blocking the view from the porch. So, it needed to be either easy to move, or somehow \u2018hideable\u2019. A roll up projection screen perhaps, with a projector hanging from the ceiling?  We looked into that, but it was quite an expensive option, because of the need for synchronous sound from wireless speakers. In the end we decided on a TV on a lift in a cabinet, so it can come up from the cabinet whenever we wanted it. We bought a TV and a lift in Holland already. All I needed to do in Spain, was build the cabinet. I had never built one before and this one had a few specific requirements: It had to be strong enough to hold the heavy lift and it had to be on wheels, so we can wheel it into the house in the fall and back outside in the spring. Since there is no electricity in wall behind the cabinet, we would run an extension cord from the opposite wall. I also decided to add an electrical socket to cabinet, so that the fan can stand next to it and can be plugged in. The cabinet needed to be water resistant as it might get a few drops of rain on it.  And finally, it needed to have the right measurements; not too tall, or we would lose the nice view from the couch on the porch and not too deep, or it would become too bulky. It took me a while to build and would have taken even longer if Mirjam hadn\u2019t helped with some of it. I am quite proud of the result. All the wood was found in the shed. The top of the cabinet is part of an old table top, the rest of which I used for a table outside. To make it water repellent, we stained the outside and lined the inside with self-adhesive plastic. I used the same hinges and door knobs as Mark used for the other cabinets on the porch and I used the same stain as well. This makes it look like the new cabinet has always been there and has been part of the porch\u2019s furniture for years. I sent the video below around to many of you already. The video is inspired by a Dutch beer commercial that shows men making things with their hands, just like the brewers of that beer, ending with the slogan \u201cCraftsmanship is mastery\u201d. I used the same music, but my slogan is \u201cTo do is to learn\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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