Homemade rustic pipe cabinet

About 8 years ago, when we bought our first house back in Nova Scotia, I made a bathroom stand for the wife out of old knotty pine. wasn't necessarily the prettiest but we like the "rustic" look so it worked great for us. Well we've since moved 3/4 of the way across the country, then 4 or 5 times since then, and we've decided we no longer want to use it. This leaves me with an abundance of recyclable materials to go along with some free time. I'm no carpenter but I really enjoy attempting to be a wood worker. I sold most of my tools when we moved from Nova Scotia so have just the basics (palm sander, ripsaw, box saw, coping saw carpenter's plane, etc, and a lot of elbow grease).

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Started out by ripping it apart and seeing what I have to work with. Wife had wanted me to make a paper towel holder to hang under the sink, so a couple minutes on pinterest and rummaging through my scrap wood box I threw this together.

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Then I had an idea, I have a nice big cupboard to keep my pipe tobacco in, but my pipes just sit there on a shelf, looking sad and in need of a nicer place to rest. So I drilled a couple holes, did a little sanding and lined up the rip saw and got started.

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Loved the way the wood looked after a couple minutes under the sander. The stain we put on 8 years ago stayed in the grain darkening it, but the stain lifted nicely out of the rest leaving a beautiful piece of wood. Drilled out the grooves for the stems with 1 1/2 inch spade bit, and the grooves for the bowls out of 1 1/8 inch.

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A little more trim around the bottom.

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Put the doors together, using the hinges and knobs from the old cabinet. Very happy with how it's looking so far.

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Decided to build a couple hanger shelves inside the doors, for a little extra holding power. All together there'll be enough room to hold 14 pipes with lots of extra storage room for cleaners, lighters, tools etc...

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Threw all my pipes and a couple tins in to give a little perspective of it. Coming along pretty decent.

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Rubbed a damp cloth over one of the doors to get an idea of how it'll look when I get a chance to varnish it. Was originally going to go with a glossy polyurethane but after doing this I think a semi gloss will look a lot better with the rustic style.

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Still need to do a little finish sanding but it's getting there. I'm currently trying to track down some suede and nice upholstery tacks to finish off around the pipe holders to put on after I get it varnished. Was planning on waiting to post the pics up until it's done but I just so happy with how it's turning out that I thought I'd post up early. Hoping to have everything I need to finish it off by next weekend.

That looks awesome!! Looks like you have a bit more talent than you let on.

Very nice!

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Very nice work! & creative work with the hands and brain = stress eraser :)

Good work Blake! Very nice!

Really nice job Blake. I love the presentation both of the pipes and tins below.

Blake, that looks great. It also makes a good argument that you may indeed be a carpenter, or very well could be.

that is very nice work there, now 285 more an ya can open shop....

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That looks awesome!! Looks like you have a bit more talent than you let on.

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yeah definitely some sandbagging going on here

Thanks all. I did a little wood filling and a little more finish sanding on it today. I'm looking forward to seeing how it looks when I get it varnished and get a chance to pick up the leather and upholstery tacks to finish it off. Will update with pictures when I get it done.

Excellent work Blake!

Little update on the project. My cell takes pretty crappy pics so the color seems off a bit, once it's done I'll get a good pic with the actual camera. Was originally planning on just putting a poly on it for a finish and being good with that. More I thought about it the more I wanted to keep the nice grain in it but add some reddish tint to it so I decided to give some satin Minwax Polyshade natural Cherry A try.

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I am a little disappointed in how much of the grain I lost but absolutely love the color it gave so I'm happy with how it's looking. Here's a pic after the first coat.

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Then second (final) coat. Still need to give a light going over with some steel wool and to line the pipe slots with something but here's how it's sitting as of right now.

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..................................looks great

Great job!

Love it!

a real beauty!

And I think I'll call it done. I was thinking about lining the grooves for the stems but then decided it would take attention away from the whole reason for the display piece, the pipes. Cut out some black suede pieces to line under the bowls and I'm happy with the finished product. Even with a proper camera and trying multiple amounts of lighting I had a hard time getting the color tone just right. The last picture is too yellow but shows the grain better than the first 2 (which seem to mute the grain for some reason) but I wanted to get a pic with all my pipes on it. It essentially came out the color of the first 2 pics with the visible grain of the last. I'm not a photographer LOL. I got it done just in time to find out I'm getting a decent tax return this year and am going to be setting up a proper shop, with the tools I would have needed to build it right. None the less I'm going to get setup and might load this thing up with some pipe's I'm going to try my hand at making...


None the less here's the finished project.

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You can be damn proud of yourself! This is one great looking cabinet Bluenoser. I wouldn’t mind having one in my study. What are the measurements of the cabinet if I may ask?

Thanks. Its about 17"w x 9"d x 23"h

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And I think I'll call it done. I was thinking about lining the grooves for the stems but then decided it would take attention away from the whole reason for the display piece, the pipes. Cut out some black suede pieces to line under the bowls and I'm happy with the finished product. Even with a proper camera and trying multiple amounts of lighting I had a hard time getting the color tone just right. The last picture is too yellow but shows the grain better than the first 2 (which seem to mute the grain for some reason) but I wanted to get a pic with all my pipes on it. It essentially came out the color of the first 2 pics with the visible grain of the last. I'm not a photographer LOL. I got it done just in time to find out I'm getting a decent tax return this year and am going to be setting up a proper shop, with the tools I would have needed to build it right. None the less I'm going to get setup and might load this thing up with some pipe's I'm going to try my hand at making...


None the less here's the finished project.

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These pictures are in the wrong thread, looks to me like you've been "lovn wood" there Lynn Jr.

Just wait til I really get the old lathe spinning. Might need to go spend some time down in the holler and learn from the master himself