Welcome back, friends! Thanks for sticking with me through this long, drawn-out DIY dresser tutorial. Here’s where we left off: Read the complete tutorial: Part One: Building the Carcass Part Two: Building the Large Drawers Part Three: Building the Small Drawers Part Four: The Final Details (you’re here!) Loading… Okay, so next on the To Do list is…
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How To Build A 9-Drawer Dresser {Part Three: The Small Drawers}
Hello friends! Welcome back! Okay, so here’s where we left off last week: the large drawers are done (happy dance!) so now we’re moving onto building the small drawers. Are you ready? Hold onto your hats, ladies and gents, because this is going to be so stupid simple it’ll have you going, “well, duh!” Read…
How To Build A 9-Drawer Dresser {Part Two: The Large Drawers}
Welcome back, friends! So, this is where we left off: Read the complete tutorial: Part One: Building the Carcass Part Two: Building the Large Drawers (you’re here!) Part Three: Building the Small Drawers Part Four: The Final Details *This post contains affiliate links. To read my full disclosure policy, click here. Loading… Now that the carcass…
How To Build A 9-Drawer Dresser {Part One: The Carcass}
Alright you guys. I’m going to be splitting this tutorial into separate parts because I want to share all the blood (yes, there was blood – but it’s not what you think), sweat (buckets of it thanks to the brutal Southern summer heat and humidity), and tears (because I am a girl, after all) it took to build this beast…
DIY Ballard Designs-Inspired Dresser
Remember the DIY Ballard Designs-inspired nightstands I built for my photographer friend Emily? Well I’m back to share how I built her matching dresser! Once again, I teamed up with my sweet friend Ana White on this build. You can download the free plans on her website here. I used my favorite plywood, Purebond Plywood to build the carcass…
Building Plans: DIY 11-Drawer Dresser
Apparently, I can’t seem to follow directions. My brother-in-law Donny wanted me to build him a dresser and he gave me specific guidelines and dimensions. And I was all, “heck yeah! Let’s do this!” These were his requests: – no more than 42″ high – 3 small drawers across the top – 6 large drawers, in…
Building Plans: DIY 8-Drawer Dresser
Okay, so I goofed. My brother-in-law Donny wanted me to build him a dresser and specifically requested 3 narrow drawers on top, and 6 large, deep drawers on the bottom, similar to this dresser. Well, as I was drawing up the plan in Sketchup, I was snuggled up on the couch with my main squeeze,…
Refinished Chest of Drawers
I’m all about working with what we have (read: frugal), so here is the matching 5-drawer bureau that goes with the dresser I just refinished. It’s solid wood and still in decent shape, so why not just spruce it up a bit? As much as I loved its rustic charm, I decided it needed a…