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This is a built-in dresser that I built for the master bedroom in our home. I finished this project more than a year ago, but this project is still one of my wife’s favorite things to chide me about. The first step in the project was to cut a hole in the bedroom wall. After that, I built the dresser (off and on in my spare time) over the course of about a year. As you might suspect, my wife appreciates the dresser much more than she appreciated having a gaping hole in the wall.
The dresser is built into a knee wall and is stepped at the back to take full advantage of the space. I made the face frame and the drawer fronts from quartersawn maple with some interesting figure. For the finish, I used a water based dye and Arm R Seal topcoat.
The drawers are inset and ride on maple rails (no metal slides). The drawers at the bottom are longer than the drawers at the top. The bottom drawer is about 22 inches long while the top drawer is about 9 inches long. In addition, there 5 different drawer depths. From the top, the drawer depths are 2 1/2 inches, 3 1/2 inches, 3 1/2 inches, 5 1/2 inches, 6 1/2 inches, 6/12 inches, and 8 inches. The handles are maple and walnut. There are 5 different handle sizes (the deeper drawers have thicker handles).
-- Daniel, Southern Indiana -- "Have nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." -- http://blackdogwoodshop.etsy.com
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GaryK
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posted 207 days ago
That’s pretty cool! Great use of space!
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
ND2ELK
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posted 207 days ago
Good use of dead space, no loss of floor space and making Mom Happy! Win, win, win situation! Thanks for posting.
Tom
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cajunpen
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posted 207 days ago
That is a really clever use of space. Your joinery is excellent – beautiful dovetails and contrast. I really like this project.
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
Dorje
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posted 207 days ago
Neat idea! That maple looks like cherry! How wide are the drawers? I like that you graduated the drawer sizes…nice touch!
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
rikkor
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posted 207 days ago
I like this. The drawers are nice with the wide dovetails and the big pulls.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 207 days ago
Daniel,
I, too, thought this was cherry when I first saw the pictures. Very nice project and I like the way that your drawer pulls echo the shape of the dovetails on the drawers. This is an efficient use of space as well.
It would drive my wife nuts, though. She has this compulsive drive to continually rearrange furniture. For some reason she can’t seem to be able to simply leave it alone. A dresser like this one would be hard to move. (I may have to think about putting something like this in the next time she yells at me about tracking in sawdust). :)
Thanks for the post.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
darryl
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posted 207 days ago
I think the only downside to this project is if you ever move out of this house!
That is a really cool project. nice work, I love the look of the dovetails.
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DAN
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posted 207 days ago
beautiful work … fantastic idea … you must live in a cape cod style house
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Kevin
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posted 207 days ago
Great idea. I like the different sizes of everything. Makes it unique.
-- Kevin, Wichita, Kansas
CharlieM1958
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posted 207 days ago
This goes into my “never saw that before” file. Nice work!
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blackdogwoodshop
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posted 206 days ago
Thanks for the compliments!
The drawers are 12” wide. I designed the piece so that it fits between wall studs. The face frame is about 17” wide, while the cabinet behind it is 14” wide. By the way, in checking the drawer widths, I noticed that some of my dimension above were of a bit so I am correcting those.
The house is an A Frame, and we have a quite a few spaces like this that I plan to build similar solutions for (someday).
-- Daniel, Southern Indiana -- "Have nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." -- http://blackdogwoodshop.etsy.com
blackdogwoodshop
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posted 206 days ago
Several people commented that the dresser has the look of Cherry. Our bed is cherry, and my wife wanted this to “match”. I created several sample boards and let her decide on the final color of the finish.
-- Daniel, Southern Indiana -- "Have nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." -- http://blackdogwoodshop.etsy.com
blackdogwoodshop
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posted 201 days ago
For those that are interested, here is a better picture of the grain and the finish. Thanks for looking!
-- Daniel, Southern Indiana -- "Have nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." -- http://blackdogwoodshop.etsy.com
Beginningwoodworker
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posted 101 days ago
Thats a nice Built-In Dresser.
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker
blackdogwoodshop
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posted 101 days ago
Thanks!
-- Daniel, Southern Indiana -- "Have nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." -- http://blackdogwoodshop.etsy.com
Dusty56
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posted 63 days ago
beautiful design and wood grain : )
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blackdogwoodshop
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posted 63 days ago
Thanks!
-- Daniel, Southern Indiana -- "Have nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." -- http://blackdogwoodshop.etsy.com