Upcycling well-loved furniture is a great way to customize it to your style.
Turn your dresser into a beautifully finished hamper by followingA Butterfly Housesstep-by-step tutorial.
Remove the structural pieces you wish to remove that are no longer necessary.
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For stubborn parts that wont pull out, it’s possible for you to use the pry bar.
you’ve got the option to use the drawers that came with the dresser as the base.
Once the drawers sides are connected, secure the new structure to the base drawer.
Remove the drawer fronts of the main drawers to be used on the new ones.
Use wood glue and broken nails to temporarily attach the old dividers and the two drawer fronts.
Then, secure it with screws.
Once the drawers are built, work on adding drawer slides to the sides of the drawers.
double-check everything is well secured before installing the drawer slides.
Reattach the front trim pieces to the dresser.
Woodfill and sand all the holes that are seen.
Prime the piece and paint it over with the color of your choice.
Let it sit for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, remove the plastic wrap and start scraping using a plastic putty knife.
Clean up the remaining gunk by pouring and scrubbing mineral spirits on the dresser.
Sand down the top surface with an orbital sander, starting from 40 grit to 240 grit.
Finally, stain the surface with some wax of your choice.
