This photo was taken by the client during a trip to Italy.  After reviewing a handful of favorites, we decided that this one would translate nicely into a painting.

I printed out the photograph to scale and taped it onto the work surface so that we could see how it would all lay out. The photo had to be cropped since the size of the cabinet doors were taller and narrower than the original photo.

This is the finished painting.  I added a frame around the image so that there would be a reason to have a split in the middle of the cabinet.  This way, it appears that the "view" is looking out of a window.

Here  are the cabinet doors open and recessed back next to the television.  All of the components above the television are hiding behind small black doors for a streamlined finish.   

 A picture frame was attached to the wall around the edges which makes this look simply like a painting on the wall.  Illusion complete!