So it's finally finished! I love the way it came out too.
Here goes:
Started preping wood for the base cabinet. I didn't waterproof this wood since it will be under the enclosure.
I assembled all the pieces together and cut out hole for the cabinet doors. I decided to leave the back side of the base cabinet open to cut on weight and I added a support piece in the middle. It made it much much lighter.
I then cut out frames for the cabinet doors and painted them to match the enclosure.
Then I had some cabinetry issues that gave me a major headache. I put the hinges on the freakin' wrong side of the door frame. I was extremely exhausted at this point and ready to be finished with the build. The struggle is real.
So I fixed the hinge issue and then got some acrylic, cut it to size and then sanded the gloss off of it. I then painted two pieces with a frosted glass spray paint.
I epoxied the acrylic to the door frames and let it set overnight (Although I'm sure that wasn't necessary but some sleep definitely was.) before attaching them to the cabinet. I was going to go with a solid door but then I thought that a warm, soft light shining through would look really nice so I went with the frosted windows. I'm really glad I did and the extra effort was worth it.
I moved the base cabinet into the room and set the enclosure on top of it to check things out and make any adjustments.
I made Hubby get to work and hold my door up so I could mark to watch them and so I could see what they would look like.
There she is! Complete!
Wayne seems to be loving it. He's been putting on some weight since I moved him into the enclosure.