My Aunt Sherry has been wanting a new Media Wall for a while now, and finally, we got together and drew up a plan. And after a week or so of working on the project after work and on weekends, they built this:

We seriously go over to their house just to admire it!

Uncle Bill really likes Alaska Birch, so the face frames are made from birch milled right here in Interior Alaska!  The Alaska Birch has a very rustic character that is very Alaskan.  It is beautiful.

The Alaska birch is also expensive and more difficult to work with, so only the face frames and door panels are made with the solid wood.

Equally beautiful, we chose to work with PureBond Hardwood Plywood in Birch for the cabinet boxes.  The PureBond is much less expensive than solid wood, but is much easier to work with, as it's more consistent and not as prone to warping and twisting.  And because it's PureBond, we aren't adding a bunch of yuck chemicals to the home - PureBond is Formaldehyde Free, made with soy based adhesives.  

PureBond also comes in 1/4" thick (and 1/2" for the matter) panels, so we backed the project in the 1/4", and use scraps for the frame and panel doors.  

If you have a large project, especially cabinetry, I highly recommend checking out PureBond Plywood - it's about the same cost as regular hardwood plywood, but without the chemicals, and it's much cheaper than hardwood, without the hassles associated with solid wood.  Definitely, check it out!

And of course, we got you covered with the free plans right here for the media center console - we'll be adding plans for the hutch, side bases, and side hutches .... and hopefully a video on the Ram's famous table saw doors.

NOTE: The media center pictures was altered in dimension to fit the space and TV size.  The center portion was made 5" larger, and each side was made 6" smaller in widths.

Disclosure: All opinions expressed in this post are my own.  I do work with PureBond Plywood, and have been provided materials for this project.