We had a drawer from an old wardrobe lying around at home for a long time, and I decided to make a gift for my dad out of it 😍 The hallway in my dad’s new house clearly needed a shelf for shoes, so in a few days I made a real shelf out of an ordinary drawer 🥰😲 I’m showing the result at the link in the comments ⬇️⬇️
I had a drawer from an old wardrobe. It was completely wooden, strong, but completely useless. It had been standing idle for years until I came up with a worthy use for it.
The hallway in my dad’s new old house was clearly missing a shoe rack, and the idea quickly took shape into a concrete project.
First, I removed the decorative trim from the outside of the drawer – the tabletop was supposed to appear in its place. Then I reinforced the structure by filling all the joints with glue.
After that, I filled the joints of the box inside and outside with a special wood filler.
When the putty dried, I carefully sanded the entire box with sandpaper. Then I decided to add some originality – I applied a three-dimensional pattern to the side walls using the same putty using a stencil.
I worked in several stages, allowing each section to dry completely. This was the most labor-intensive part of the entire remodel.
While the relief pattern was drying, I worked on the remaining parts. I sawed a shelf out of a piece of plywood and a tabletop out of the rest of the furniture board. I sanded both parts well and covered them with two layers of wood oil.
For the legs I used a wooden block I found at home. I sawed it at an angle, then sanded it and treated it with oil.
Once the pattern on the side walls was completely dry, I lightly sanded it to make it smooth and covered it with acrylic green paint.
For the back wall I chose the remains of wallpaper with leaves and birds – I really liked them. I glued them, carefully matching the pattern.
After drying, I covered the wallpaper with furniture varnish to protect it from dirt, because shoes will be stored in the cabinet.
When the paint and varnish were completely dry, we went to the dacha, where my husband helped attach the table top and legs.
I was pleased with the result, and most importantly, those for whom I did it were pleased!
