DIY Entryway Built-in with HIDDEN dog food station! | Part 1

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My house has this weird half wall right inside the front door that some would say is there to keep you from falling down the stairs. One day, I'll swap out most of it for a clean, modern glass panel, but until then I need somewhere for my husband to plop his things, somewhere for the dog food bowls to be, and a better home for the dog food container that isn't in my way.

For part 1 of this build, I put together the wooden coat hanger hooks that fold away when not in use and the corner unit that serves as the anchor for the whole built-in.

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TRANSCRIPT OF VOICE OVER**
How to make, or how I made, an entryway built in,

that doubles as a dog station.

Let’s get into it.

I started with the corner unit.

Using an offcut piece of walnut veneered, plycore ply, I cut 4 panels at 17 3/4”, or just longer than the depth of my sealable dog food container, and two smaller panels at 12.5” inches that were just wider than it.

Then, laminated two of 17 3/4” panels to get the two side panels that would cover the container.

Once the glue cured, I trimmed them down to size, then cut a 50 degree angle to mirror the dog food container’s opening.

After that, I gave the 4 pieces that would make up the dog food container shell and base of corner shelves a sand down.

Before using pocket holes to connect them all together.

Of course, I accidentally sank a few incorrect recesses, but to adjust, lined up the panels in err to ensure the mistakes wouldn’t affect the properly sunk pockets.

Then screwed them into place.

After I had the shell together, I used another offcut to create the hinged opening.

I cut a 12.5” piece down to 13..5” and added a 45 degree bevel on one of the 10 ⅝” sides

Then, did a test fit.

Happy with the snug fit, I clamped the panel even tighter, and used a ¼” forstner bit to drill the recesses for the oak pins that would act as the hinge for the door.

With the base shell complete, I turned to the upper corner shelves.

I ripped 2 panels, 1 at 13” x 9 3/4” and one at 13 x 9” as well as 2 9x9 panels

With the square panels, I marked a corner anchor point and used the router on a circle cutting jig with a straight gouge bit to create a rounded edge from one opposing corner to another.

Then, aligned the two larger rectangle panels, before anchoring them together with countersunk screws.

Once those were done, it was time to mount the rounded shelves with pocket holes.

With all the ply-created pieces ready, I ironed on the edge banding on every visible edge.

To include the backer board for the coat hanger.

Then sanded and trimmed all of the banding overhang.

To give the dog food container shell a handle, I cut a recess into the bottom of the door panel that will later hold a piece of high quality pleather

With all the cuts complete, I gave these pieces a high grit sandown.

Then, finished them with a few layers of tung oil.

Next, I turned to the coat hanger inspired by Tamar of 3x3 custom’s live edge hanger piece. Jointing, planing, and squaring a rough cut 5/4 piece of walnut.

Then, trimming it down to size, and cutting the outer edge anchor pieces…

Before taking the interior piece, that would later become the individual hook pieces and cutting a
35 degree bevel on one side, and a 45 degree bevel on the other - leaving a slight, uncut lip on both.

Then, cut this piece down to 2” pieces.

Then, using a custom jig, I sunk a 14” hole through the bottom, beveled corner of each piece.


Instead, I decided to cut the dowel down to a little under the length of half of the internal pieces plus the end piece and slide them into place.

Then, did the same with the other half, but cut the dowel a little longer to be able to connect the two.

With the pieces in place, I tested out the hinged hook action.

To give the coat hanger a cleaner connection to the rest of the built in, I used the crosscut sled to cut an oversized bevel on both edge pieces.

Being careful not to cut all the way through and create an unsafe situation at the table saw, I used a pull saw to finish the bevel cut

Then, sanded the aligned coat hanger pieces down.

And of course, finished with a few layers of tung oil

To actually mount the coat hanger, I had to create recesses in every other piece so I could screw them to the backer board.

With all of the pieces, ready, it was time to slightly demo that weird half wall corner
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