My wife wanted another kid, but I wanted to build a retropie game cabinet, so I built a short one with two monitors.

Supplies

Most of the supplies are from ebay

4 Pre-made table legs 

1" x 12" pine wood

 Formica veneer

 Spray adhesive 

Drill 

Wood

screws 

Hole saw 

Jig saw 

2 joysticks 

16 arcade buttons 

2 - 10" monitors 

Plexiglass 

Power strip 

3' led strip

 Raspberry pi 2b running retropie 

HDMI dual monitor adapter 

2 - 100w 3" speakers 

300w audio amp

 Volume controller

 112v system power switch

 Power button for pi 

3 momentary buttons for internal leds

 Peg board

Step 1: Building the Base

• I started with a prefabricated coffee table base; four legs and a rectangle which I shortened a bit. 
• Next I cut some panels that would position the monitors at a comfortable angle and allow space for the internal components. 
• For the removable bottom panel, I used a piece of pegboard fastened by 4 screws. 
• The surface is "upholstered" with left over formica from a different project.

Step 2: Adding Components

• Everything that needs power plugs into the power strip mounted on the inside. 
• The holes for the monitors were cut with a jig-saw
 • A 3" hole saw was used to make the holes for the speakers on the sides.
 • As an embellishment I included USB Powered RGB 5050 LED Strip Lighting. 
• The power buttons, led strip controls and USB ports are on the bottom of the "Player 1" side. 
• The volume control knob is in the center of one side, below the speaker hole.

Step 3: Finishing

• For the top, I adhered a wood veneer onto a thin sheet of plastic, and cut holes relative to the screens and buttons.
• This wood/plastic sheet is sandwiched between the body and a piece of plexiglass and is held in place with 6 carriage bolts.
• The plexiglass was cut with a jig saw and shaped with a plastic bending tool.
• Through the retropie interface, I was able to upload a custom mp4 video with an illustration of the game cabinet.