what would look best in this scenario?

Question

ok, so we had this huge, heavy entertainment center made of compressed wood (pressed wood? not sure what its called...its like particle board but not quite)...anyways instead of getting rid of it we cut it up and turned it into a much smaller tv stand. however our problem is this: because we had to cut it in different shapes not all the edges are finished. the finished surfaces of the material are dark brown resembling wood grain. we're wondering what we can do to these unfinished edges to make them look nice! brown paint would just look tooooo tacky. any ideas?

Answer 1

Home Depot (and I'm sure Lowe's) carry an edging strip for shelving with an unfinished edge. I had white ones and got this strip and what you do is iron it on the shelf, and cut off the excess. It was so easy, and made the shelf look finished.

You could also buy some molding, stain it to match your stand and apply it to those unfinished areas. I did that once too with a half round molding.

Answer 2

If you are really good at measuring and cutting, try shelf paper that matches the wood grain.
If you are a fabulous painter, buy the shades of the 'board' and replicate the pattern [ practice on something else first! ]