The nine-drawer dresser project was a huge success.  Julie and I are enjoying it, and I’ll admit to taking particular pleasure in hauling the Ikea thing to the dump and tossing it over the side. Now the ugliest thing left in our...

With the completion of the drawers, I was almost done. Case Back The case back is very simple:  a piece of 1/4-inch cherry plywood cut to fit.  My case was 47-3/4 inches wide inside the rabbets at the back, but I knew I was a tiny bit off...

The only components left to make for this dresser were the drawers and the back panel.  I tackled the drawers next. Drawers This piece is going in Julie’s and my bedroom, so I wanted to do something more aesthetically pleasing than...

With my main dresser case assembled, I was ready to make and fit the walnut base and top. Base The base for this piece is pretty simple:  four legs, 1-3/4 x 1-3/4 x 7, and four stretchers connecting them.  I bought a 2 x 2 x 30-inch...

My dresser build started with a trip to Woodcraft in Rockville.  They had some beautiful cherry and walnut pieces in 4/4, which I snapped up.  I had intended to use soft maple for the frames and drawer boxes, but they didn’t have...

As I mentioned in my recent planer-related post, Julie and I need a new dresser.  Truthfully, we need a bedroom set — what we have now is a hodgepodge of mismatched, craptastic pieces from Ikea, Target, and Mattress Discounters...