Also - my efforts in 2009 - would have defo done a shadow gap between the chimney breast and the boxing panels in hindsight. Rather than making them flush (cracked in the end) Just painted mdf and 2x2 pine. I did a flush plinth the same height as the period skirting but set back. Birch ply tops and shelves - when it was 50 quid a sheet - lol.
Also - my efforts in 2009 - would have defo done a shadow gap between the chimney breast and the boxing panels in hindsight. Rather than making them flush (cracked in the end) Just painted mdf and 2x2 pine. I did a flush plinth the same height as the period skirting but set back. Birch ply tops and shelves - when it was 50 quid a sheet - lol.
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