Ironwood Builders The niches are pretty high for log storage...unless Carolyn was suggesting that the Dish receiver gets hidden on the floor! As for the niches...well...what else is going on in the house? Do you collect taxidermy? Or gorpy vases? Or rare Thai dance masks? The well lit niche will highlight anything you stick in it...so local artist's sculpture or handthrown pots? Or...build a cabinet with doors that match the unit below and cover up that pesky receiver and all manner of other sins. Or build in a set of shelves and put out some books....
Tammy Sprinkle It looks like the perfect place to display a beautiful piece of art glass., whether it be a sculpture, plate or vase. The lights will highlight whatever you put there.
Danielle B Ironwood Builders is right, the niches are quite high for log storage. They are also quite deep for displaying a vase, but the recessed lighting suggests that whatever you place in there was meant to be showcased. Idea 1: pile a few logs, instead of stuffing the niches; I have seen some very attractive kindle wood arrangements in magazines. Idea 2: This is something I did in my home to hide to big ugly stereo speakers: find a large enough, attractive wicker basket, hide the dish inside, top with you favorite florals or branches, and voilà! Both attractive and useful!
Carolyn Albert-Kincl Design Oops! Well, I'm thinking logs that never get used anyway, and that would certainly keep the dish rcv out of reach of children.
tjrenno1 You could build a little box to hold the dish then have the logs go all the way around filling in all the extra open space. It would purely be decorative as Carolyn suggested
creeser Another thought would be to put doors on it like your storage below and maybe replace the wood panel with screen. Use the space for storing videos and games behind your cable box.
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