How to Design & Build a Chest of Drawers

Series Summary

Are you tired of your wife nagging you about not having enough room for all her clothes? Do you ever wake up in a cold sweat wondering if the furniture from IKEA really is aesthetically pleasing or if its cool just because everyone else thinks its cool? Do you spend hours of the day rolling your clothes up tighter and tighter just to fit them into some plastic shelves you bought in college? Well, worry no more! Let your wife stop pestering and your fears of IKEA's legitimacy abate and build your own chest of drawers. Building at home has never been easier thanks to Expert Village.

In this free video series, watch as professional builder Jon Olson teaches how to make a chest of drawers. Learn how draw up the design for a chest of drawers and dresser, how to cut the wood for top, bottom and sides, how to design and assemble the drawers for a dresser, how to cut and attach the trim, how to stain a dresser, and how to place the dresser in the room. This piece of furniture is both beautiful and functional and a great addition to any room. Thanks to the expert at Expert Village, a chest of drawers is now something you can make at your home!

Video Transcript

"Hi this is Jon on behalf of Expert Village in this video clip I'll be giving you introduction to our chest of drawers project. In these series of video clips we will be building a chest of drawers and we're going to model it after this one here. Now we're actually going to build 3 different chest of drawers but the exact same way. The first one is going to go just to the right of the window next to our desk. The next one we will be replacing the old one and the last one will be going into this room which will be a future baby room. When choosing a location you want to be aware of any outlets or phone jacks or cable jacks that might cover up. In this room we have plenty of outlets to it doesn't hurt to cover this one up."