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Suggestions wanted for new intercom panel

17 years ago

I have a butt-ugly intercom panel for letting people into my condo (the kind with buttons for "talk", "listen", and "door") and I'd like to replace it with something more attractive. The condo was built around 1900 with lots of great woodwork. I was thinking of some sort of wooden facade that looks like an old radio or telephone, maybe with a steampunk flair. Does anybody have any suggestions? Either DIY or commercial. Thanks!

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rjoh878646
17 years ago
Maybe you can find a woodworker/crafts person that can make you a new panel out of wood the same species as your woodwork. Then transfer all the buttons over to the new panel. The wood will have to be drilled out to thin it where the buttons go. Or you could find a crafts person that makes wall hangings out of sheet steel to make a piece to replace the front panel. Go to craft fairs and you will see what I am getting at. come up with a design and see if they can reproduce it.
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