{"id":5990,"date":"2022-07-07T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=5990"},"modified":"2024-02-08T09:50:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T09:50:26","slug":"home-diy-repairing-a-chest-o-drawers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=5990","title":{"rendered":"HOME\/DiY: Repairing a Chest o\u2019 Drawers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7948-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5991\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7948-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7948-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7948-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7948-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7948-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The chest of drawers in question.*<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many, many moons ago, our pal Patrick gave us an old pine chest o\u2019drawers he wanted rid of. It was in a fairly poor state. But I thought I could salvage it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I gave it a good clean, sanded it, and fixed one or two bits. But I left the bottom drawer as it was; it had a ruddy great \u2018ole in it! Over three-quarters of the base of the drawer was missing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And we\u2019ve used the chest for years, the middle and top two drawers working fine, the bottom as a kind of semi-operative stash for random crap. Not any more though!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GqMbzmItp7M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I watched a YouTube self-help video about clutter. And although, in all honesty, it didn\u2019t tell me anything I didn\u2019t already know, it did serve as a tonic reminder of some home truths. And it galvanised me into action. So, although I normally avoid such content like the plague, I\u2019d like to thank Nena Levone for her video. And I include the link to it (above).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My resolve to tackle our clutter (Teresa is bad that way as well!) began with simply trying to tidy our bedroom a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7953-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6001\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7953-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7953-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7953-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7953-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7953-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">TEAC Tascam 244 packed, ready for storage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The first thing I did was box up an old Tascam 244 Portastudio. I got this from my dad, Simon, and hope to restore it to full working order one day. But for years it\u2019s just sat around gathering dust and getting in our way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So it\u2019s getting boxed up and stored in our attic. I had to slightly customise a cardboard box to make it fit. I\u2019ve added bubble-wrap to protect it. And, naturally, only when I\u2019d fully boxed it up, did I find the manual! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next I started moving stuff around. I do absolutely loads of this. it should probably be top of my resum\u00e9!  And really I\u2019m wasting time. Anyway, today I\u2019ve been trying to move stuff to more appropriate locations. And once that was done, the chest of drawers &#8211; now with no mounds of stuff all over it &#8211; kind of hove into view, as an obvious next job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7938-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5992\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7938-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7938-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7938-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7938-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7938-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Removing what\u2019s left of the old base\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I took it &#8211; it in this instance being the bottom drawer, not the entire unit &#8211; out into the garden, and removed what was left of the former solid pine base. I\u2019d have liked to have kept everything as solid pine, but that would be too labour intensive and expensive. So I got a piece of 9mm ply cut to exactly the size I needed, by Simon at West End DIY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7942-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5993\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7942-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7942-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7942-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7942-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7942-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lunch break: brie\u2019n\u2019bacon roll, with Guinness!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I needed to slightly bevel three of the surfaces, so they would slide into the friction fit grooves in the drawer. Only the rear face of the drawer is actually attached to the base. This allows the wood to breathe and move a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I did this with one of my Stanley planes, plus a little additional sanding. With a bit of finessing it finally fitted in nicely. I then banged in some very small lost-head nails or tacks, and the drawer was looking great again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7944-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5994\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7944-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7944-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7944-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7944-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7944-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pinning the new drawer base in position.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last but not least, I fitted the rather lovely old wooden handles. One still has an original screw. The other I had to bodge a bit, with some dowel filling the vacant ol\u2019 hole, and a new screw. With that done, I could pop the drawer back in and load her up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before this repair these drawers were filled with a real mish mash of my clothing, bedding, and random rubbish. Now they\u2019re chock-full o\u2019 naught but my vestments. Very satisfying!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7946-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5995\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7946-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7946-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7946-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7946-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_7946-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Et voil\u00e0, back in use! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are one or two other little jobs I\u2019d love to get done today, one of which is to put up a mini shelf for our bedroom DVD player, either above or below our bedroomTV. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not sure that I\u2019ll get around to this today though? Very tired! Plus I might cook our dinner tonight as well. Saw an interesting cooked cabbage recipe on YouTube that I\u2019d like to try!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* In it\u2019s finished state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many, many moons ago, our pal Patrick gave us an old pine chest o\u2019drawers he wanted rid of. It was in a fairly poor state. But I thought I could salvage it. I gave it a good clean, sanded it, and fixed one or two bits. But I left the bottom drawer as it was; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=5990\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;HOME\/DiY: Repairing a Chest o\u2019 Drawers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-1yC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5990"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5990"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11554,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5990\/revisions\/11554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}