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Project by Matt posted 191 days ago 465 views 4 times favorited 14 comments Add to Favorites Watch

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.

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EDIT:
Not sure why it has the picture cut off.

-- Hold on! Let me get the board stretcher!


14 comments so far

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woodworm

8262 posts in 487 days


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.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

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a1Jim

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posted 191 days ago

great job it looks very good

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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Matt

120 posts in 645 days


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

-- Hold on! Let me get the board stretcher!

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Dan Hux

159 posts in 270 days


posted 191 days ago

very good work.. what’s the detail on the front corners? I like it..

-- Dan Hux,,,,Raleigh, North Carolina

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Matt

120 posts in 645 days


posted 191 days ago

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.

-- Hold on! Let me get the board stretcher!

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Chris Davis

556 posts in 878 days


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

722 posts in 568 days


posted 191 days ago

I thinks it’s great!!

-- Matt, Houston Texas

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CharlieM1958

7654 posts in 1114 days


posted 191 days ago

Really nice job. Great details.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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Matt

120 posts in 645 days


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!

-- Hold on! Let me get the board stretcher!

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Richforever

340 posts in 616 days


posted 191 days ago

Nice dresser! I like the details around the top. Thanks for sharing.

-- Rich, Seattle, WA

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tmiller

90 posts in 209 days


posted 191 days ago

Looks nice, lucky mother! Thanks for sharing.

-- All trees have projects inside of them, it is your job to get them out.

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DAN

6446 posts in 879 days


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

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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woodspar

705 posts in 995 days


posted 191 days ago

Nice work and nice finish.

-- John

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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

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