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Salvaging a Basset Chest of Drawers

A refurbished chest of drawers.On a trip to the laundromat, I saw what appeared to be a chest of drawers. I pulled over and stopped so that I could get a closer look. Indeed it was a chest of drawers. Looked ugly enough. Some sort of mustard yellow puke color. All 5 drawers were there. The bottom of the chest looked as though it had been sitting in 5 inches of water. Long enough so that the lower decorative part of its foundation and bottom slat of wood had disintegrated. I opened the top drawer and it appeared brand new, albeit dusty, dirty and webby.

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I figured I could take it home and check it out to see if anything was salvageable. I got it home. Had no time. Rain was coming, so I tarped it. Must have been 6 months until I had the time to untarp it and take a look. It was as I mentioned before. Only exception was the top of the chest of drawers was not functional in regards to its job as a support top for whatever you put on a chest of drawers. Lamp, tray of knick knacks, etc. Not worth spending any money on for repairs, so I let it sit outside and I would look at it everyday as I passed it. I figure eventually it would annoy me and I would hit it with the skill saw and throw it in the garbage.

Then one day I apparently had too much time on my hands and decided to clean out some of my garage. While doing this I subconsciously found things that I could use to reconstruct the chest of drawers. I found wood to replace the bottom and top and I decided to put wheels/casters on it so that I could kick it out of the way when necessary. I probably took some before pictures but spending the time to find them would be a considerable waste of time. I do have a photo or two of the finished product. Judge for yourself. Was it worth the time spent contemplating what to do with it? Then of course, figuring out how to do it without spending any money.

This is the chest of drawers I now use for an old heavy iMac stand. The iMac contains mostly some of the greatest music ever recorded. So actually it is my music play back brain. The drawers are filled with non sensicals that I'm sure will be attached to some future project. Thanks for reading this if you got this far.

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Total Time: 5 hours over many days when time allowed

Yield: 1

Source: Nope

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Steps:

  1. Find chest of drawers and let it sit in your way for 6 months.
  2. Clean out your garage and find things to prevent you from throwing your chest of drawers in the garbage.
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  4. Figure out what you can apply to the chest of drawers to salvage it.
  5. Sand out chunks of bad wood.
  6. Apply wood to make chest of drawers functional and stable.
  7. Attach 4 wheels so you can move it with ease when you find it in your way.
  8. Sand and then paint over what was previously the ugliest painted chest of drawers I'd ever seen.
  9. Attach drawer hardware.
  10. Glue on wallpaper.
  11. Put your computer of music on top.
  12. Fill drawers with stuff that you will use eventually but is in your way now.
  13. Find a place where you can use it and does not mess up your ongoing feng shui.
A refurbished chest of drawers.
 

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December 30, 20201 found this helpful

Looks great.
Sounds like you know how to do things that you enjoy doing and also make practical use of that project later.
Not a waste of time in my opinion.

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Enjoy life and stay safe.
Betty

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December 30, 20200 found this helpful

Well, Thank you very much Betty. Your encouragement is always positive and welcome. Thanks again..

Sincerely
Sam Mann

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