Here's my two cents on the glass in the TV stand. We had a metal stand with glass shelves we used for a long time with one of the TV's and with the items you mentioned. The equipment actually puts out more heat than you would think, and the glass was frequently very warm, whereas now that it's all on wood, we never feel the wood warm at all. Also, every place where there was a vent on the bottom of the units, the glass was discolored after just a couple of years sitting there. We had intended to use the stand elsewhere after getting the new entertainment center, but it was going to cost a lot to replace all that glass, so we threw it out.
So I would say, go with wood. Especially as Dale pointed out, you can't see that it's glass in there with all the stuff on it, unless it would be like ours that had a blacklight embedded under the bottom glass shelf. THAT was neat while it lasted, which wasn't very long. And yes, it was terrible you could see all the cords to this stuff, and there's really no way to join them up very well since each piece has a cable running to every other piece! We much prefer the entertainment center, where the bottom had just two shelves and two doors with more shelves behind them, since it looked much neater. Thinking of my entertainment center, that might be an idea you want to consider, if you might like doors on the stand. The doors on ours have "window" with a cloth covering, so you can use the remote control with the door closed and also put speakers in there too. The doors and cloth are black so you don't notice that it's mostly frabric, and it even took us a while to really notice this handy feature! Also, I certainly hope you're talking a teenage or adult daughter, and not a young'un! I would never want real glass shelves in a child's room! ~ Sarah --- In [email protected], "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why glass? > > These are shelves with equipment covering them. They won't really be all > that visible. Usually you use glass shelves either to make a piece look very > light or in a display type situation. Glass wants a lot more fussy cleaning > too in order to keep looking good, dust and finger prints and all that. More > commonly people like to hide that sort of technology away. > > My preference would be wood and maybe even just solid wood trimmed veneer > plywood. Oak covered half inch with a solid bread board trim on the front > edge or possibly a slatted shelf to contribute to ventilation. > > Of course style and taste are probably the keys. A 24 inch shelf though > wants pretty good glass. Plastic, if that is your choice will scratch fairly > easily even the very high grade Lexan. Horizontal applications will tend to > hold dust and/or grit and will be even more prone to scratches which will > reduce the attractiveness fairly quickly. > > Again this is purely taste , purely opinion. > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lenny McHugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Handyman-Blind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 11:59 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] TV stand > > > > Hello > > I am making a small TV stand for my daughter. I am almost at the point of > > constructing the 3 adjustable shelves. > > I can't decide what I want to do. > > The shelves will be about 17" x 25" and 1/2" thick. > > I am not sure if I want to make them out of solid red oak or a 2" rail and > > style frame with a glass insert. > > I am leaning towards the glass. > > Would 1/8" double strength work or should I use 1/4" glass? > > I also thought about plexi-glas but more leaning to regular glass. > > The items that will be placed on the shelves would be her cable box, DVD > > player and vicar. 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