Early on in this apartment adventure we had very very little furniture. We still don't have much, but at one point in the spring I felt the urge to grab this side table from the loading dock.
Despite the scratched top...
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| Former owners not too keen on preserving my finish..... |
Despite the fact that it had a file drawer that was not useful for a living room.....
It was a free side table!
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| I'm ok, you're ok |
So as a side table it served for many a month. It did a perfectly blandly fine job of side tabling, but really wasn't achieving its full potential. I just wasn't sure what to do, then creativity struck after a good night's sleep. The solution, turn the drawer front into a shelf!
A little dis-assembly time (which is really one of my favorite parts)...
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| Drawer front removed from drawer frame, along with roller fixtures. |
...followed by re-use of the components. The drawer front that was going to serve as the new shelf wasn't the ideal length, just a smidge too short. I screwed a piece of wood (originally attached to the drawer front) to the base in the back to extend the shelf support. Shout out for pre-drilled holes!
Full disclosure, as much as I tried, the wood screw on the right side
just wouldn't go in far enough to be flush with the surface. Sigh. So I
put a little bit of tape over it to reduce the risk of unpleasant
surprises. If you have a better idea, or a more powerful drill, I'll
all ears.
With a little bit of casual measuring, reuse of existing components, time with a power drill & hammer, and quite a bit of fun, I got a new shelf for our living room magazines.
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| Ready to display all of the reading materials! |
Happy Freestyling!