Faux Apothecary for the Waiting Room

From the beginning, my husband and I thought it would be nice to have a
console or sofa table divide the waiting room from the entrance a little.

But the waiting room is small, so the table had to be less than 43" wide--meaning I had to build something.

There is a weird chunk of wall that juts out, so I designed the table to be 9.5" deep, to line up with the wall.

It's made with pine, plywood, and 1/8" hardboard on the front.

The back faced the waiting room so I thought it could serve as a bookshelf for the kid corner.

Legs are 2x2s.

 I hollowed a corner out with a dado cut 3/4" tall on the table saw.

They just wrap around the box of the shelf. 

I finished the table using primer and the leftover purple paint they chose as an accent color.

The top was stained with Minwax Provincial.

I decided to apply a faux apothecary front, so I cut 6" square MDF blocks (1/2" thick).

I had tiny knobs from Ikea and just glued them on with epoxy then painted them. 

Using wood glue and weight, I just glued the fake drawers on the front of the table. 

Finished! 

Because the table is only 9.5" deep, I did use corner braces to screw it into the wall for security.

You can see here how skinny it is, and how it becomes the bookshelf on the other side.