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I made this dresser for my mother as a late Mother’s Days present. I tried my best to match the rest of her furniture in her bedroom. It is made out of poplar and Baltic birch ply. It stands 44 and 1/2 inches tall by 42 inches wide and 15 inches deep. Hope you guys like it! I had a lot of trouble with the drawers, they still aren’t perfect.
Here are some pictures of it unpainted.
EDIT:
Not sure why it has the picture cut off.
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14 comments so far
woodworm
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posted 191 days ago
Very nice dresser indeed.
You had to choose between highliting the wood grain and matching the colour on putting
the finish, I guess.
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a1Jim
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posted 191 days ago
great job it looks very good
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Matt
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posted 191 days ago
woodworm- Your absolutely right. I had to fight tooth and nail for it not to get painted. As you can see I gave in. :p
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Dan Hux
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posted 191 days ago
very good work.. what’s the detail on the front corners? I like it..
-- Dan Hux,,,,Raleigh, North Carolina
Matt
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Dan Hux- Not sure what to call it but I can explain how I did it. It was copied from her nightstands. I ran a groove down long ways 1/4 inch about 3/16 high. Then I rounded it over with a block plane and files. Finished it off with sand paper. Came out better than I expected.
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Chris Davis
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posted 191 days ago
Great job! nice details. I like all the pictures.
On the drawers was it just getting the spacing right? If so, I’ll sometimes put the drawer boxes in, use scrap wood for spacers and screw through the hardware hole on the outside. Then put the screws on the inside. If you can’t do that, hot glue it on. Let it set and then screw it from the inside.
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matt garcia
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posted 191 days ago
I thinks it’s great!!
-- Matt, Houston Texas
CharlieM1958
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posted 191 days ago
Really nice job. Great details.
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Matt
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posted 191 days ago
Thanks for the comments.
Chris Davis- I was using 1/8 shims but here the weather was wacky and some of the drawer faces warped pretty bad and what not. It was one hell of a time but I got it pretty close. But thanks for the tip!
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Richforever
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posted 191 days ago
Nice dresser! I like the details around the top. Thanks for sharing.
-- Rich, Seattle, WA
tmiller
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posted 191 days ago
Looks nice, lucky mother! Thanks for sharing.
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DAN
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posted 191 days ago
change the jpeg file widths to 640 and they will fit the space
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great dresser … you did a nice job
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woodspar
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posted 191 days ago
Nice work and nice finish.
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cher09
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posted 189 days ago
luv the dresser also the sofa table very talented son your the best use your talent i was upset when i bought a new bedroom set w/ no dresser my son he could make me one to match had no idea it would come out so great and matched set very well