We bought 1×4 pine boards, cut them to the correct width and length for both sides. I stained all the wood with 2 coats of Minwax Special Walnut. After it was thoroughly dried, I applied one coat of Minwax Classic Grey and then wiped it off, leaving only as much grey as I desired to keep. I finished this off with 2 coats of Minwax Wipe-on Poly. Make sure everything dries between coats. We used heavy duty construction Gorilla Glue on the back of the boards and clamped them until they dried.
Obviously, you need to buy a piece of corrugated metal. There wasn’t anything left after we used the above, other than tiny scraps.
There’s different ways to cut the corrugated metal. We used a reciprocating saw with blades for cutting metal. Afterwards, I used the tin snip above and leather work gloves to trim the metal to fit in perfectly. Make sure to use leather work gloves and goggles when working with metal.
Three holes were drilled top and bottom on each side and self-tapping screws were used to secure the corrugated metal to the cabinet.
I had a pine board cut to fit the top and after it was securely glued on, we applied the moulding.
Just make sure you use moulding with a flat back to it.
After the moulding was on, I filled any gaps with stainable wood filler and used the same stains as I used on the wood. This is looking down onto the top of the cabinet.
After it was finished!
Here it is in our newly decorated guest bedroom. I have much more detailed information on my blog that you’ll want to read, along with ALL the materials and tools that were used, including links to the exact products that were used.