Video cabinet price rip off solved! (TV & Video Cabinets)

Member Name: danfreedman

Product:	TV & Video Cabinets
Date:	23/10/00 (246 review reads)
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Advantages: Real Wood - Low Cost

Disadvantages: Now the rest of the lounge looks out of place!

For simply months and months my better half and I toured the local furniture stores looking for something to stand the TV on and to house the Video. We wanted something which looked like furniture, not something from the science museum.

I was absolutely amazed at the ridiculous prices being asked. It was unlikely that you could get anything for less than £200 if you wanted it to look halfway like a piece of furniture. If you want an extension of the TV style - all black plastic and tacky chrome then there is some choice made from low density chipboard, poorly sprayed etc, but for the most part, anything which looked decent is sold at an exorbitant price.

In the end I found a pine box with a hinged lid. It came flat packed so I was able to use the lid as a shelf inside rather than for what it was intended. As the wood was bare a quick coat of paint to match the other wood-work (a nice cottage bottle green) and by standing it on it's side with the TV on top I had a natural looking piece of lounge furniture which did the job. And the price, well B & Q sold me the Box for under £5.00 - the paint I had left over!.

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