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I’m not sure about the door hardware, part of me thinks it looks better without any knobs; I’ve not drilled the holes yet because I need another opinion.

I hate the doors. That whole idea that I could make the doors as “fancy” as I wanted without investing in the right tool was somewhat misguided. While I did managed to accomplish that task, it didn’t turn out as up to par as I’d hoped. That was okay though, because I didn’t particular feel like investing even more money into that part of the project.

Unfortunately I managed to screw up pretty heavily on the finishing. I did check the entire project for glue residue with denatured alchohol and mineral spirits before I applied stain. I must not know what I’m doing when it comes to that, because I definitely had glue residue. In the future I’ll switch to the glue that glows under blacklight. This was also the first time using my random orbit sander, and I have swirl marks all over the corners of the doors… granted I checked for those too, again must not know what I’m looking for.

So the doors are splotchy… must not have sanded the interiors correctly either… I managed to glop the finish at the panel edges too. I really should have pre-finished the panel before putting the door together… I thought it’d be okay.

All told this makes me want to trash those doors and start over. I could probably live with them, and granted I’ve not see the stand in the room yet, but… ugh, I think they detract from the overall look of the piece.

It actually looks better in person than in the photo, all those reflections don’t quite look right to the camera.