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Day 2 began the transformation of one ugly misused cabinet into a somewhat less ugly misused cabinet.

I skipped photos of the mundane hole patching and sanding and such mainly because I was doing those things at the time, so I couldn't have taken a picture, but I   was in fact using power tools to sand and cut and things of that nature.  I spent the entire day working on this phase, even though there's not many pictures to show for it, this part of the process is quite labor intensive.

I started by building a support shelf for the 27" TV that will be going into this cabinet when it is finished.  There was already one sturdy metal brace in the cabinet, and I used a jigsaw to notch the front edge of the shelf so it would fit around the silver monitor glass frame.  The shelf was then screwed into the front wood supports and some rear wood supports I built out of a 2X2.  This can be easily unscrewed to allow better acces to the interior of the cabinet.

This is the rear of the finished shelf, I used scrap 2X2 to serve as an additonal brace for the lip that will keep the big ass TV from falling out and smashing into the ground.  You can also see the very bottom of the additional support beam under the back side of the shelf.  I used a hole saw to cut some holes to help clean up some of the wiring that will be going to the TV when installed.

After the holes were filled and sanded, the cabinet was cleaned and forest green contact paper applied to the sides.  Contact paper is easier to handle than paint, plus it cleans up very easily, and if I change my mind, it's 6 bucks a roll to indulge my fickle nature.

I used white marble contact paper for the front to make the unique design of the cabinet stick out better.  I've seen a lot of projects that use the black marble, they all look good, but everyone has it ;-)  I've also removed that funky block off plate and patched the hole, patched the giant holes from the security hasp bolts.  The powder blue corner molds were painted black to better pop.  Other wood surfaces that will remain exposed such as the wood just in front of the monitor glass was painted flat black.

Also attached is the stock control panel frame, I was going to rebuild this from scratch, but my woodworking skills suck big time, so I am going to try to repair this one and build a control panel onto it.