The first issue is that it had these knobs that were made out of stones. I mean, cool idea, but it ended up just looking cheap and mismatched. Plus that one second from the left had just completely fallen off and disappeared.
The second issue (as you can see on the left), is that some of the doors don't hang straight. And then there's all these issues with the configuration of the cords because they didn't make large enough holes to guide the cords through. The cabinet on the far right is where the cords have to go to plug into the outlet in the wall, and there IS a hole directly behind the TV that they're supposed to go in and then slip through to the right, but they just don't fit and it's all kind of janky. Thus, one of cabinet doors is perpetually open.
The first problem with the uggo knobs was easily remedied with a trip to Menard's, where I got some new hardware for the old girl. Just some basic Art Deco-y square knobs with a dark bronze finish.
That helped quite a bit with making it look a bit more pulled together, but the issues with the doors still remain. I think I'm going to try fixing the crooked hanging problem myself (exciting!), and I've already spoken to my contractor who's building the window seat about also helping me solve the cord problem when he's here working on that. He said that would be totally easy to fix and wouldn't charge me anything, so I'm willing to wait till the window seat is being built to worry about it.
Eventually, once the painting project happens, I'll do something exciting with the colors of the built-in, but I'm not 100% decided as to what it will be yet. Definitely the interior and the shelves will be painted orange for a nice accent, but I'm debating whether to keep the whole built-in the same color as the walls (as it is now), or paint it as if it's separate from the walls, maybe the same color as the white trim. So many decisions to make!
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