Dresses-, Cutlery- and bathroom cabinets, secretaries and chests of drawers, write- and bedside tables: They all have drawers. And it would be a shame, to dispose of the piece of furniture in question as a whole, as soon as the end of his days has come. Because at least the drawers deserve to live on.
It is part of the code of honor of every craftsman, that similar workpieces all have to look like they are made of one piece. But in the case of our drawer cabinet, we don't see it that narrowly. On the contrary: We just find it attractive, that at most three of the thirteen drawers are the same,
so that from the variety of sizes, to shape, Wood and fittings create a very lively structure – a patchwork closet, so to speak.
Whether you make the furniture legs or follow our suggestion and mount castors, depends less on its purpose than on your taste.
The musty smell, which has often nested in old furniture, can be eliminated with a simple trick: Place a bowl of fresh milk in the drawer (no UHT milk) and wait, until she turned sour. The sour milk binds the stench, and when you take the bowl out again, is the inside of the drawer. of the piece of furniture largely odorless.
Invitation to the store opening. Otherwise they are just one element among many, the drawers appear here in a very conspicuous and decorative way. The dimensions of the drawers on a sheet of plywood (8 mm) transfer, drill two holes each, Saw out the contours with the jigsaw.
A second sheet of plywood, which forms the back wall, place under the cut out and transfer the outlines of the drawers. Glue small wooden blocks into the corners of the outlines. Then they sit there, wo später die Laufleisten befestigt werden müssen. Eckleisten (Kiefer, 2×2 cm), which serve as runners, are glued vertically to the back wall at the corners of the blocks. Place the panel with the cutouts and fasten them with two nails each – immaculately aligned – Laufleisten befestigen. Die sichtbare Frontpartie wird von einer Deckplatte (MDF, 19 mm) educated. The cutouts are created in the same way, as already in picture 1 shown. the corpus (floor, lid, side panels) consists 10 mm thick MDF boards, die stumpf miteinander verschraubt werden. Für das Finish aller sichtbaren Oberflächen sorgt ein zweimaliger Anstrich mit einer Möbellasur, which gives a nice honey tone.