HOW TO MAKE A DRESSER 2ft TALLER cottage country cabinet

I once saw something similar to this next furniture project and knew I wanted to recreate it.

 

 

It was midnight and I had started to tear several pieces of furniture apart.
 

5 days later here is what came of all the work.

 

I have had this piece hiding in the back for almost a year,

flip flopping over whether to sell or keep it.

I love it so much I have been trying to make it work in my space but dam it all,

 the trailer wont get any bigger no matter how hard I try to envision it to.

It has a wonderful blend of cottage styling with country charm,
and no one else on the block will have one just like it!

It is finished in ASCP Pure White with lots of lightly distressed detailing over a dark brown stained pine.

It started as a simple pine seven dresser.

I used a set of turned legs from a country kitchen table to lift it up.

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Yes, you read that right I picked up a dresser and put it on a kitchen table ... so to speak.

Reclaiming at its best ....

I used 20 drawer sides to build the interior shelves

and 8 drawer fronts for the top of the cabinet.

 

Save your drawers ladies, its free lumber!

 

I trimmed each opening (where the drawers use to be)

 

The original top from the dresser is now the bottom shelf.

It is nice thick pine making the base super strong and sturdy.

 

 

I finished it off with a nice waxing with ASCP clear wax and buffed a nice shine to

the flat smooth surfaces.

 

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