How to Build a TV Stand With Sliding Door and Secret Storage

This custom TV stand was planned with two goals in mind:

1. Hide all the tech including cables and cords

2. Provide storage for all the things previously stored in the coffee table

This build does both, plus it reduces the light from the tech "on" lights! That's a bonus for anyone who has ever spent the night in someone's home office!

Supplies

There is a complete list of supplies and tools used in this build on our website. The affiliate links will take you to the products we used. You'll find the list as well as a PDF after the video and introduction.

Step 1: Watch the Video

Step 2: Design and Cut Pieces

The build plan was based on three things:

(2) Wall Control panels

(2) Ikea storage bins

Sliding door hardware

All the measurements are based on accommodating these three things.

(There's a PDF with the cut list on our website.)

We used:

(2) 3/4” Plywood 2x4s

1x2-8ft Prime Board

(3) 1x3-8ft Prime Board

1x4-8ft Prime Board

Step 3: Assemble

The base of the TV stand was built from 2x4s and assembled using pocket holes and screws.

The TV stand has two adjustable shelves. This Kreg shelf pin jig makes it easy to accurately make the holes. There's a great demonstration in the video on how to use this.

We drilled a hole in the back of the stand where cables will come through from the front. I'm using a Ryobi rotary tool with a sanding drum to clean up the inside and edges of the hole.

The unit is put together with wood glue and brad nails.

We added these extra supports on the front to fully support the sliding door hardware. We're using pocket holes since this will not show in the final product. Those are Rockler pocket hole clamps that are so helpful when using pocket holes. Kreg also makes them.

Screwing the two Wall Control panels in place. The screws that come with the panel are too long so we found some that were 3/4" which were perfect.

Step 4: Make the Face Frame and Attach

The face frame is assembled with pocket holes and screws and glued into place.

The top, which is three pieces of plywood, is framed out and set into place. We did not secure it into place.

Add the sliding door hardware according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Step 5: Prepare the Sliding Door and Shelves

After cutting the door to size, we used edge banding on the edges as we thought it would look better once painted. Steph used a couple of colors of paint and used a cake frosting tool to make a design on the front. The back was also painted. We added the rollers and hung in on the sliding door hardware bar.

The two shelves were cut to size and also edge banded with melamine edge banding. All the wood that we did not paint white got clear coated with polyurethane.

Shelf pins were added and the shelves put into place.

Step 6: Fill Up the Back With Tech

Once the stand was built it was time to turn it around and add all the tech to the two Wall Control panels. This is best appreciated by watching the video. Steph used a variety of cable management tools to organize all the wires and cables. Everything is plugged into a power strip that she mounted at the top of the back.