Things I didn’t anticipate:
The quality of the hinges was poor, so upon taking the weight of door they bent a little, but just enough to make closing the door difficult.
I didn’t consider how I was going to attach the hinges to the steel frame, I could not bolt them, and the bugle head of a tek screw would not seat well in hinge flaps. I ended up threading holes the thin tube steel to try to allow the screw to catch and not just spin in space. It worked but the I had to pre-drill holes for the hinges and placement proved critical to how the door would close. I had to move the hinges around and re-drill holes because of it wouldn’t close. After some desperate attempts, I finally was able to place them correctly. I will definitely consider this hangup in the future with other projects.
The shelves were very sticky and putting them back together after shellacing them proved to be nightmare. So much so that I had to screw and hammer pieces into place. Another future consideration.
Things I was happy with:
The color of the cherry door treated with oil turned out pretty well. It was so nice and gave it such a nice shine and contrast that I decided not to shellac it.
The steel frame took the hammered texture spray paint very well and the color of the maple and cherry complimented the dark paint.
The shellac treatment after sanding felt smooth and looked fined all things considered.