INDOOR FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION cupboards When the migratory household chest became stationary, an ingenious ama furniture designer upended it, inserted shelving, and proudly offered it to harassed wife as storage for her cups and dishes. In varying forms these cupbo retain their importance today, not only as actual storage space, but for display of prized possessions. Fig. 2.68. Corner cupboard. Corner Cupboard. A dining room furnished in the Colonial manner is ha complete without a knotty pine cupboard (Figure 2.68) frugally constructs take advantage of the otherwise waste space in one or more corners. Pah white or ivory, such a cabinet will blend with other decorative treatments. 142 . Lumber List Pieces Thickness, in inches Width, in inches Length, in inches Description 2 У10 26J4 84 Back (plywood) I 1 1 84 Corner upright 2 у 5 84 Side uprights I у 34 34 Top I 6 24% Headpiece, front framing 2 6 84 Uprights, front framing I 34 3 3° Cleat, headpiece 34 у 35 35 Bottom and bottom open shelf 1216 у 31К 3i Shelves (4) 3 У 3 50 Base 2 У 6 28З4 Stiles, door 1 У 6 21З4 Top rail, door 1 У 7 21З4 Bottom rail, door 23 У 17 20 Panel, door 3 2 50 Cove molding 3 5° Quarterround molding The uprights and headpiece for the front framing are cut similar to the design in Figure 2.68, and cleated together from the rear to form a flush top edge. A mortise and tenon joint at this point is unnecessarily strong, and can be simulated by dowel pegs, as indicated. The decision must be made at this time whether the shelves and bottom are to be dadoed into the front framing, nailed with countersunk finishing nails, supported on angle irons, or cleated. The corner upright is ripped to form a triangular member to which the plywood is nailed or screwed to form a 900 angle. The side uprights can now be beveled to butt out parallel from the plywood backing to which they are firmly fastened. After the front framing is checked for fit, a paper templet can be cut for the triangular shelves. These are made up from available short widths, with the lowest open shelf overhanging about 1 in.; all other shelves excepting the bottom, are butted against the rear face of the front framing. The front edge of the bottom extends out flush with the outer face of the front framing. The shelves can be fastened to the plywood backing from the rear, and to the side uprights before the front facing is fastened in place. The lowest open shelf is half lapped around the front framing. If desired, a Y&m. groove can be cut 1 in. from the back of each shelf for a plate rail. The base is mitered at the corners, as is the quarterround molding with which INDOOR FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION it is trimmed. Before fastening the base assembly in place it should be chec to insure that the door will clear the upper edge of the molding. The top is cut out to fit inside the plywood backing. A crown molding 2in. mitered cove stock is added for trim. The door panel is raised by a iin.