add stock wood trim to a dresser with flat-front panels for a new handle the traditional chevron pattern. Poplar casement moulding works well since it has crisp precut edges as well as few knots in the grain, making it simple to paint. Tarnished brass sound pulls provide a new piece of furniture an elevated old world feel.
Materials as well as Tools
Basic breast of drawers
Poplar mouldings
Mitre saw
Screwdriver
Drill
Paint
Paint brushes
Wood glue
1/2″ completing nails
6 brass sound pulls
6 escutcheons
Step 1: select your piece of furniture
Begin with a fundamental breast of drawers. Recessed drawer fronts work best.
Step 2: cut your trim
Use a mitre saw to cut pieces of stock mouding from The house Depot. (Ours were 1/2″ x 1-1/2″ in poplar.) begin with the vertical piece in the centre, measuring as well as cutting it to in shape the height of your drawer. utilizing the piece of wood to determine your angle, mark as well as cut diagonal pieces next so they butt up against the vertical piece. cut two diagonal pieces for every drawer to produce a customized chevron theme for every front panel.
Step 3: paint your moulding
Pre-paint wood moulding with semigloss latex paint utilizing smooth, even brushstrokes. We opted for only one coat of white paint to produce a translucent whitewashed effect.
Step 4: attach the mouldings
Using wood glue as well as completing nails, attach wood mouldings to drawer fronts. In order to keep nailheads from showing, nail with the backside of the drawers fronts utilizing 1/2″ completing nails.
Step 5: set up drawer pulls
Predrill holes with each drawer (through moulding as well as drawer front) for hardware. We utilized tarnished brass sound pulls from Lee Valley. We likewise utilized escutcheons (or back plates) with each pull to make the hardware appear more substantial. Note: you may have to purchase longer bolts than the ones provided with your pulls to accomodate the additional thickness of each drawer front when the moulding has been applied. connect hardware utilizing a screwdriver.
Hardware, Lee Valley Tools; chair, artwork, Angus & Company; lamp, rug, Elte; vases, wood box, Cynthia Findlay Antiques; wall colour, Powdered petals (200D-4), Behr.
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