Because that’s just asking to get teased about how often you change your mind. ![]() I decide things as the room comes together because every phase that gets finished changes how the whole room looks and feels so it’s best not to try to plan out every detail from the beginning. The rest of the room is going to be very monochromatic. I already have my faux brick wall, reclaimed wood picture ledge, and my chippy painted barn door. Of course! My goal is to have this room be a neutral background for the creativity that will happen IN IT. I went cabinet by cabinet and installed the rest. The runners are slightly smaller than the dado so there is a tiny bit of wiggle room so they shouldn’t get hung up.Īfter the first row of wood drawer runners were up the rest went really fast. They slid freely without any wax on either part but I thought, “why not” and went ahead and wax them both anyway. ![]() I added a little was to the dado on the drawers as well. I lightly sanded the wood drawer runners, wiped them with paste wax and then slid the drawers into place! I used wood glue and 18 ga nails to secure the runners to the cabinet. The wood drawer runners are set back 3/4″ from the front of the cabinet so the drawer front will be inset. Use a spacer between runners to ensure they are all installed the same distance apart. I used a laser level to make sure I installed the top runner in all four cabinets on the same plane. These drawers are for the angled cabinets so every drawer is a different depth. I took the 8′ long strips up to the studio and four pairs of runners for each drawer size I had built. I want the runners to be ever so slightly smaller than the dado to make sure they glide freely. Then I ripped them into -1/2″ wide strips. I first planed them down to slightly less than 1/2″. The wood drawer runners are made out of a couple 8′ pieces of 1×4 poplar. It was a lot of repetitious cutting and sanding but with that many drawers, repetition can’t be avoided. These drawers are only 2 1/4″ tall and this method ended up being the fasted method of building so many drawers. I assembled these drawers with a locking rabbet drawer jointthat I shared with you in my last post. Here’s a little video of that (that I shared) on Instagram. I sanded each groove smooth with a sanding block I made out of a scrap of 1/2″ plywood, spray adhesive and sandpaper. The inside is where the drawer bottom groove is cut. These dados (obviously) go on the outside of the drawer sides. I used the GRRRRRRRRR-RRRRRRRRipper pushblocks to safely apply downward pressure while pushing the material through the cut. ![]() It’s definitely easiest to cut these before assembling the drawer. I used a 1/2″ dado stack on my table saw to cut these dados. The dado is 1/2″ wide and about 3/16″ deep, cut right in the center of my drawer sides. This will be especially important when I install my drawer fronts. However, dados make sure the drawer is properly aligned each time it is closed. One could simply slide the drawers into place on top of wood runners. In order to mount the drawers on the wood drawer runners, I cut a dado into the sides of all my drawers. I want to take my time selecting just the right size and color of the embellishment of my choice. Then I can set the drawer full of colored buttons next to me as I create some buttony craft. Also, I want to be able to easily pull these drawers right out of the cabinet. I wanted to use wood drawer runners because it is a very economical solution when you need 28 pairs of drawer glides for 28 tiny drawers. Building drawers and drawers and then even more drawers had me feeling coo coo crazy a few times but I’m still here! Cutting Dado for Wood Drawer Runners I’m also having fun creating the space in which I will create! Mostly. I find crafting small projects to be very therapeutic so I’ll be extremely happy to have a space to create. So I’m building a space for crafting in this house. Since we moved to TN I haven’t had a space to get crafty and all my supplies are in boxes and bins. Right? Yeah, I used to make a bunch of crafty projects like handmade cards, party invitations, and lots of Halloween projects. I used wood drawer runners to install the 28 tiny drawers I built to hold all the tiny little craft embellishments I have accumulated over the years. ![]() Maryville TN House Tour – Completed Rooms.
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