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Chest of Drawers Renovation

If you have a forgotten piece of furniture at home, then this week’s episode of Get It Done might inspire you. Peter and Annalien renovates an old chest of drawers into a show piece.

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Material List:

Pex Sander Pine 20mm PAR NB
PSR 1080 cordless screw driver Top 600mm x 1200mm – 1 piece (grain in long direction)
IXO screw driver Plywood 9mm
Router bottom shelf insert 900 x 370mm – 1 piece (grain in long direction)
Jigsaw Drawer frontsĀ  400 x 150mm – 2 pieces
Ply wood 6mm
top drawer bottoms 400 x 365mm – 2 pieces
wood glue
screws (assorted)
Door handles – 2

Follow these steps:

  1. Strip the drawers and remove locks and handles
  2. Sand the entire project to reveal previous layers of paint
  3. Cut top to size and router
  4. Cut bottom shelf to size, sand and paint
  5. Attach top to the carcass
  6. Stencil protea on the sides
  7. attach handles to drawers