The Office Library, furnished with Bespaq furniture, was completed for our Roombox Contest to raise money for Loudoun Abused Women's Shelter. Although I could not win (as I am an employee of Happily Ever After) I still wanted to complete a roombox to help raise money for a good cause. I put a photo of the empty roombox below the two photos of the finished box. The hardest part of this project was staining the exterior of the box. The Minwax Bombay Mahogany stain matched the Bespaq Mahogany furniture perfectly! But it took four coats (lightly sanding between each coat) of stain and two coats of a clear polyeurathane to get the deep, rich shine and color I wanted. I was worried the room would be dark and difficult to view due to the dark woods. And I did not want the expense of electrifying the roombox. So the clear plexiglass top and front were a perfect solution! |