Display Cabinet, Free Standing, Tempered Glass & Black Metal Frame

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I've been after a glass display cabinet for several years and finally bot one from that Scandinavian big box retailer. My idea is to have one of these on either side of the TV and a similar one, Black metal frame with tempered glass, under the TV perhaps. Of course, right after buying this one I found one at another big box, membership, vendor that I like better. I used rubber gloves, nitrile, during assembly to minimize fingerprints. It went together w/o much shouting, all pieces were present and no breakage yet. There is a keyed lock.




Thank you for looking.
 
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Thank you.

I have a Maglite centered on the top glass roof for lighting. :) I haven't decided on a LED yet.

Using small but powerful disk magnets I can attach letters, items and sheaths to the glass sides, back and door. I have a letter suspended by magnets holding placed on the outside of the back glass and then another magnet atop the paper on the inside of the back glass. The rare earth magnets hold real tight.

You can key into this cabinet online using its Article number:

KLINGSBO
Glass-door cabinet, black, clear glass
$129.00
Article Number:
601.285.62 (Just cut and paste this number into Google and you will get the scoop on the cabinet.)



The end game would be one of these on each side of the TV and one like this (see below) holding up the TV. So you have cutlery surrounding the tube and when the power goes out I still have something terrific to eyeball!

The TV stand/display cabinet:
KLINGSBO
Glass-door cabinet, black, clear glass
$139.00Price
Article Number:

401.285.63

 
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Nice. I have looked in the past. Just never took the plunge. Right now I have small keepsake displays bought at a craft store
 
honestlyinsane said:
Nice. I have looked in the past. Just never took the plunge. Right now I have small keepsake displays bought at a craft store
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Thank you. It is bone busting hard for me to buy furniture of any sort for more reasons than the cost. I'm kind of picky, kind of footloose like I could flee to Costa Rica at any time and don't really want to displace my lovely wife's stuff and her notion of interior design. I need more cutlery in my face and she likes flowers...

Stumps said:
Thank you for sharing!! :thumbup::):thumbup::)
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It is my pleasure stump jumper (I have an original (the bicycle) BTW based on a 1932 Schwinn Excelsior and dreamed up by our friends in Marin Cnty. CA). The cabinet is to house your/my stunning fixed blade and such fantastic prized rich jewels that have come to me as if by miracle. These things give me value when I see them. Reasons to live. Motivational icons that propel me forward.

The lock up close and a couple of long shots of the room for perspective on this stuff:



 
Been eyeing that same cabinet for awhile now couldnt picture how it would look filled with Shiny and Sharp objects ...looks good now how to plan a road trip to get one on maybe two
 
badws6 said:
Been eyeing that same cabinet for awhile now couldnt picture how it would look filled with Shiny and Sharp objects ...looks good now how to plan a road trip to get one on maybe two
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This cabinet makes the targeted objects appear to float in space compared to the old oak one you see to the right in the above photo. The glass fits pretty close to the frame, all except the door which has enough gap to enable the door to move without binding on the frame, so little air/dust can move into the interior of the cabinet. It is hard to dust sharp things because the duster gets cuts to bits so best to keep the dust out. I didn't even come close to breaking any of the glass panels during construction. They are tempered so if they do break it is into many small bits and not wicked sharp long edges I have read.

You have about 40 miles to Covina Ikea. My roundtrip was about 60 miles. The two flat rectangular and very well packed cartons fit into my Honda Element with the front and rear passenger seats flattened. Together they weigh over 100lbs but one person can handle it however there was a careful fellow at the loading area that pitched in with me to load. At no point was I really worried about breakage during transport but I did try to keep my foot out of it. The assembly instructions are iconic so the key to fitment bliss is to realize that the front has feet that extend further than the back feet and that the cross rails, top and bottom, have holes for door panel hardware to pivot into. Construct the front door side properly and the rest takes care of itself. I can't imagine not using gloves as I would be discovering fingerprints for years otherwise. The glass was near pristine out of the box, fortunately.
 
Thank you for the kind words David.

I am really enjoying your 112 thread. What fun for me to get so much joy from seeing all of your and your lovely wife's terrific work. Thank you for sharing the good times. You could host a popular TV show, like This Old House, for cutlery. I would be in that audience. Yes I would.
 
I finally found my den display, or I should say you found it for me. Thanks Steve!

Hmm. On second thought maybe I haven't. The shipping charges for this to my home would be more - double - the cost of the display. Oh well, the search continues. Bu,t for someone who can purchase this right out of the store it is great. Thanks for sharing and it really looks fantastic in your home.
 
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mwputnam said:
I finally found my den display, or I should say you found it for me. Thanks Steve!

Hmm. On second thought maybe I haven't. The shipping charges for this to my home would be more - double - the cost of the display. Oh well, the search continues. Bu,t for someone who can purchase this right out of the store it is great. Thanks for sharing and it really looks fantastic in your home.
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Thank you for the complement.

You are in the show me state. Hmmmm... No problem. Visit the annual OKCA in Eugene, OR this April and I will bring it to you on Sunday! No sweat. A bit of a drive, journey, but a good way to blow the carbon from your cylinders. I think so. Yes I do.

http://www.oregonknifeclub.org/okcashow.html
 
oregon said:
Thank you for the complement.

You are in the show me state. Hmmmm... No problem. Visit the annual OKCA in Eugene, OR this April and I will bring it to you on Sunday! No sweat. A bit of a drive, journey, but a good way to blow the carbon from your cylinders. I think so. Yes I do.

http://www.oregonknifeclub.org/okcashow.html
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I'm actually from the magnolia state (Mississippi) and a trip to Oregon would take a week. Alas, I'm currently at work in Montana which is actually much closer, but I have no off time for 26 more days. However, that is a most thoughtful and considerate offer and I am touched and impressed by your generosity. Thank you.
 
An impressing house you have, Oregon. Simply impressing. The cabinet locks great at that place.
Thanks for sharing.

Best,
Haebbie
 
Thank you for the kind words Haebbie.

We bot the old homestead in 1985 $117k on five acres with a spring and mostly forested. I've planted a thousand Douglas Fir trees to fill in any clear spots. Post and beam construction with mostly cedar wood for interior ceilings/walls. I added a deep well, standing seam metal roof, modern heating system, cement area outside, some fencing and changed the land designation from farm to forest. We are well off the road and most couldn't find us on a dare.

Is it true that many in your country pay cash for their homes? My $70k mortgage wickedly drove me to work overtime when I was young to pay it off many years ago now.

I don't know if there is anything unique about an American home unless you could point to it. But my son lived in Bremen with a school teacher's family for a year, during High School foreign exchange thru our terrific local Rotary, and he said that at night you could hear the sauerkraut burping in the big pots, somewhere in the house, as he fell asleep. He had a wonderful experience in your country and went back for a year of college in Stuttgart. He couldn't have fallen into deeper clover with the German people and learned to speak your language well enough to start a German language club at OSU while an engineering student there.
 
Oh no, that's not true. The most peple take the hypothek from the bank as you and I did.
I have to pay off the next 6 years, then the house is already paid.

Yes, there's no big difference between European and American homes. But in Gemany
the most people live in hired flats not in an own house. It is not the roule to have a house,
it is the exception. Is it true that your son lives in a household where they made their
own Sauerkraut? I don't know or never knew one who made this. Wouldn't there has been anything
else the source of this horrible noise? ;)

I am glad that your son had a nice time in Germany. Bremen and Stuttgart are two different
worlds. If the people for this two places wants to have a talk, it is possible that they don't understand
what the always other says.

Would you please tell me what OSU is?
Haebbie
 
OSU = Oregon State University is a four year college. After High School, the typical student has completed 12 years of education at this point, a four year college can be the next educational step. My son went to this college and earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. He is a practicing mechanical engineer as an employee of a local technology business. He has recently passed his professional engineering exams. http://oregonstate.edu/

He never speaks German around me because I don't speak it. My Grandfather was fluent in your native language but he is long departed. My son does keep in touch with some of his friends from Germany where he can use the language but that is rare. He speaks it with his four-year-old daughter a little and usually just regarding vocabulary lessons on certain words. She is lucky to have such a father. He loves the language. Mark Twain, a famous American, had a different opinion of your native speech: http://www.kombu.de/twain-3.htm He took his honeymoon in Germany and Italy where they visited friends and camped/hiked and toured. He could move to Germany and live there. He thinks that it is a safer place than here to some extent. I would miss him and his family but I enjoy seeing him approach his potential with his skills.
 
oregon said:
... I would miss him and his family but I enjoy seeing him approach his potential with his skills.
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That would be a reason to leave Oregon at one time, to leave the United States, to leave the Noth Americen continent to ship over the big pong
to visit the small Germany. And if you like, there is a small Town in north east Germany near Poland, short to Siberia not far from Asia
where Haebbie lives who would be glad to get a visit from Oregon ;) :)

Haebbie
 
Excellent idea and thank you kindly. Your invite is worth more to me than a pocket full of diamonds and will keep me going for many moons. Yes it will. :)
 
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