Geneva Vanderzeil shares how she created a stylish TV unit from scratch with materials from Bunnings

DIY pro reveals how she made a stylish wooden TV unit from scratch that looks just like designer versions costing as much as $800

DIY queen has shared how she created a chic entertainment unit from scratch
Geneva Vanderzeil designed the unit and made it with materials from Bunnings
She attached two pine panels cut to shape and attached with eight furniture legs
Once the structure was done the home stylist glued on dowel rods on the edges
Geneva said the DIY project turned out as she hoped and was super simple

By Louise Allingham For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 01:27 BST, 21 July 2022 | Updated: 01:59 BST, 21 July 2022

A home stylist has shared how she created an ultra-chic entertainment unit from scratch that looks just like designer versions that cost up to $800.

Geneva Vanderzeil, from Brisbane, designed the chic wooden piece of furniture herself and created it using tools she had at home and affordable supplies from Bunnings.

‘I had in mind a rounded TV unit with slatting made from dowels, and wanted to create a lovely clean look with no visible screws or nails,’ she wrote in a blog post to her popular home styling website.

Home stylist Geneva Vanderzeil has shared how she created a stylist TV unit that looks just like designer versions worth hundreds of dollars

The Brisbane DIY guru designed the chic wooden piece of furniture herself and created it using tools she had at home and affordable supplies from Bunnings

‘After quite a bit of planning and researching, I worked out I could use furniture legs and pine timber to create the base! It actually turned out to be so so easy!’

The DIY queen started by rounding the edges of two panels of pine wood using the first as a template for the second so they’re matching and sanded down the edges.

Geneva measured and marked where she wanted to place her four of her screw-in furniture legs on one of the panels, drilled four small holes and screwed the legs in by hand.

The DIY queen started by rounding the edges of two panels of pine wood using the first as a template for the second so they’re matching and sanded down the edges

Geneva measured and marked where she wanted to place her four of her screw-in furniture legs on one of the panels, drilled four small holes and screwed the legs in by hand

She then drilled a hole into the underside of the remaining four legs to accommodate for the screws protruding through the top of the wooden panel.

Geneva twisted the legs over the screws that were poking out the top side of the pine piece.

The creative DIY-er drilled four holes into the underside of the second panel of pine where the top four legs are placed and hammered it down into place.

She then drilled a hole into the underside of the remaining four legs to accommodate for the screws protruding through the top of the wooden panel and attached them

Once she had the structure of her unit secured, Geneva took her pine towels, cut them to length and glued them around the curve of the unit evenly spaced

‘I absolutely love the way this piece turned out. It looks so chic and custom built, when in reality it was a very simple project!,’ she said

‘Make sure to use a cloth and rubber mallet for this part to ensure you don’t damage the wood,’ she suggested.

Once she had the structure of her unit secured, Geneva took her pine towels, cut them to length and glued them around the curve of the unit evenly spaced.

After all the dowels has been glued in place, she left them to dry overnight.

‘I absolutely love the way this piece turned out. It looks so chic and custom built, when in reality it was a very simple project!,’ she said.

The home stylist shared her handy work to her popular Instagram page impressed many of her 374,000 followers.

‘I love everything about this!’ one fan said while another called the unit ‘absolutely stunning’.

How to create Geneva’s stylish TV unit from scratch

What you’ll need

2 x SpecRite 1200 x 405mm 18mm Timber Panel Pine FJ Laminated – $39 each

Jigsaw – Geneva uses the $29.98 XU1 350W Jigsaw

Sander – Geneva uses the $29.98 XU1 125W Detail Sander

8 x Adoored 230mm Pine Round Furniture Leg – $6.90 each

Drill – Geneva uses the $99.98 Ryobi 18V ONE+ 2.0Ah Drill Driver Kit

15 x Porta 12.5mm 1.2m Dowel Pine Clear – $5.20 each

Gorilla 236ml Wood Glue – $14.10

All from Bunnings

Method

1. First, I used took two panels of pine and rounded the edges. Make sure you do one and then use the finished one as a template for the next so they’re matching.

2. After marking where I wanted the legs to go on one of the pine pieces, I drilled 4 small holes and then screwed in 4 of the wooden furniture legs.

3. Next, I drilled a hole into the underside of the other 4 furniture legs and screwed the existing screws further down into each leg to ensure they don’t push through the top of the unit.

4. I then screwed this second set of furniture legs onto the screws that were poking out of the topside of the pine piece.

5. After drilling 4 holes into the underside of the final pine piece I popped it on top of the wooden furniture legs and hammered it down. Make sure to use a cloth and rubber mallet for this part to ensure you don’t damage the wood.

6. Once the core piece of this project was finished, I took some pine dowels, measured them and cut them into lengths and then glued them all around the TV unit.

7. Once all the dowels had been glued on, I left the unit to dry overnight.

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