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   roy.unit8c | Mar 28, 2022 08:19pm | #1

   You appear to have talked yourself to a decision for option 2. It sounds like that would be more useful in your office and still look great. How far away is it from your desk area? How does it fit with the rest of your home office?

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   rogerwilcoau | Mar 28, 2022 08:46pm | #2

   Indeed! I got to the end of the post, and I'm like "it's option 2"!

   It's not that close to the desk... It'll be in the opposite corner of a medium room. However, it does not need to be accessed all the time. The main goal for this piece is to hide all the detritus of home offices. Spare cables, paperwork that must be kept, stationery and so forth. Yet refined enough that if needed, it could be put in another room in future and not look look out of place. I think it achieves this pretty well.

   Drawers always seem to be the thing we want more of around here. We have loads of storage in built-in cabinets, just not in this particular room, hence the stand alone piece.

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   roy.unit8c | Mar 28, 2022 09:04pm | #3

   Please take the time to post it in the gallery with pictures and descriptions.

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   elmaduro | Mar 28, 2022 11:21pm | #4

   If you are planning three different 'fronts' on this sideboard, I would consider investing the time into a full-size cheap mockup to see if this is really the look and feel you think you are going to get. The sideboard, as is, is visually appealing -- your modifications may or may not capture the same appeal.

   (agree with ecyor -- a posted pic would be welcome)

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   rogerwilcoau | Mar 29, 2022 12:17am | #5

   Thanks Elmaduro. A mockup is a good idea. I did a basic one to land the overall dimensions, and that led to a couple rounds of changes.

   I don't really see it as 3 different fronts. There're two treatments - drawers and doors. It's more about arrangement/composition.

   I did the extra work to confirm the file draw setup. Here's a render of that.

   https://public-media-rwjs.s3.amazonaws.com/credenza+v5+drawer+detail.png

   From this, I'm pretty confident a clean appearance can achieved, and although I really love Chris' original design, sometimes it's worth making changes to fit the specific needs of the piece.

   If this were going to be a true sideboard (not something for the office), I'd jack it up higher, slim down the case a bit, and go with cabinets and sliding doors like the original design. That'd be great for dinnerware, but my needs are a bit different here.

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   rob_ss | Mar 29, 2022 01:43am | #6

   I've never liked drawers behind doors. Just wasted space imho.

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   Jkatzowitz | Mar 29, 2022 08:08am | #7

   “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”

   ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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   thebardowl | Mar 29, 2022 12:12pm | #8

   A FWIW idea: I’d consider making using “Option 2” with one key change: make the door front on the right (as one faces the piece) to look like two drawers, as on the opposite end. Balance, function, and the little surprise of it being a door instead of a couple drawers.