The drawers are complete! Here’s the big reveal and a few more details for you :) After a few pics, there is also a super simple recipe to create your own!
Finished! Complete with Etsy barn mirror from Upcycle Avenue and copper wire string lights from Frux Home and Yard
Custom map lining and dividers – see below for details!
Now we just need some pictures on the wall….
OK, here’s what we did for the drawers and the linings
THE DRAWERS – start with my last post here
– Find old chest of drawers from a charity store
– Remove old drawer knobs, fill the holes with pollyfiller/spacking and give it a quick clean
– Give it 2-3 coats of grey chalk paint (recipe and instructions in my last post here). Some people also give the furniture a coat of wax but we decided we liked the chalky texture
– Measure and drill new holes. Screw in new drawer handles. We chose these from Lowes
Lowes drawer pulls
J creating new drawer pull holes
J hard at work
THE LINING
– The first part is simple. I found some old map wrapping paper at PaperChase and on E-bay, then cut and glued it into the base of the drawer
– For the drawer dividers, I cut some plywood wine bottle separators to size (available for free from any good wine store!), stuck some cardboard on either side to make a smooth surface, then wrapped them as though they were presents in a world map. Really pleased with them!
making drawer dividers
World map drawer dividers. With my two homes in Europe and America, and my work in Africa!
and voila! Completed drawers :) Much better than IKEA!
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