How to make a chest of drawers with your own hands?

Many of us are fond of creativity - someone for the sake of simple entertainment, someone creates for sale, and someone just wants to please the children. This article will tell you how to make a chest of drawers with your own hands. After reading, you will be able to make your own design thing yourself, which is useful in the house and will please you and your guests.

Before you start making a chest of drawers with your own hands, you need to prepare all the necessary tools for work and choose a box whose size matches the size of your chest.

Tools for work

For work we will need:

1. Cardboard box.
2. Pencil.
3. Ruler.
4. Stationery knife.
5. Glue.
6. Self-adhesive paper.
7. Scotch.

Procurement for chest of drawers from cardboard

To begin with, on one side of the box we cut off the side closing parts with a clerical knife. On the other hand they will serve as the chest wall.

We need to make the inner walls of the future chest of drawers out of the box double. This will give it strength and stability. To do this, from the side where we left the closing parts of the box for the chest wall, we measure the required depth. We draw a measured depth from all four sides with a pencil. Cutting the stationery knife through the lines not to the end, but only the top of the cardboard, without pressing strongly on the knife. In the corners, you need to make slits to the depth line. Next, bend the side inward, thereby obtaining double walls. Plus, such walls will not bend after pasting. The base under the small chest of drawers with his own hands from the cardboard is ready. We continue the work by adding boxes and shelves.

Shelves for chest of drawers made of cardboard

A chest of drawers made by hand, needs shelves. For this we use the side walls cut off at the first stage of work. They must also be made double, like the walls of the base. To do this, we measure the cardboard of the required length and determine the number of shelves. We divide the received piece of cardboard box into two equal parts and with the help of a clerical knife we also cut not through, but only the top layer of paper. Fold along the cut line in half and paste into the substrate with the help of glue. Hot glue can be used for this procedure.

Production of boxes

With the manufacture of boxes you will have to tinker a bit. Each box must be hand-made separately, because if you hurry up and do it all at once, it will not fit into the chest of drawers, made of cardboard with your own hands.

Take measurements on the inside of the base and remember that you need to measure all sides. After you have removed all the measurements, you need to calculate the dimensions of the box, taking into account the pasting. For example:

1. If you are pasting wallpaper, then you need to reduce all sides by 4-5 mm. Let's say that the right and left sides are equal to each other and have a length of 25 cm, then the subtraction will look like this: 25 - 5 mm = 24.5 cm. This will be the value of each of them. So do with all the remaining parties.
2. If you paste with self-adhesive paper or ordinary white paper, then it will be enough to reduce by 3 mm. Let's take the same dimensions - 25 cm. The calculation will look like this: 25 - 3 mm = 24.7 cm. Also we do with all the remaining sides.

After you have cheated all the details of the box, they must be cut out of cardboard. Glue with tape and measure the box for entry into the chest of drawers. If there are any difficulties and the box is tight and enters badly, then cut the scotch and cut off those areas where you noticed the places of the hook. Ignore - and your boxes after gluing do not fit into the opening or even get stuck in it. As a result, a chest of drawers, made with his own hands, will become simply useless thing in the interior.

When you are doing a box, you can immediately not make a bottom, and adjust the dimensions of the sides first, and then traverse the bottom of the box along the inside. Do so all the necessary boxes and go to the pasting, start better on the inside and drawers.

On the drawers should be handles, you can buy small on screws and screw, or, if you make a chest of drawers, make of ordinary colored laces, passing them through the additional holes made on the front part. Your chest of drawers is ready, give him the most honorable place in the house.

Chest of drawers for cosmetics

You can fantasize, create your own versions of chests of drawers with your design ideas or use ours and make one more option - a chest of drawers for cosmetics with your own hands made of cardboard. For manufacturing we use all the same tools + in addition (for decoration) - beads of various colors and diameters and lace fabric pieces. Decorate the finished product to your taste, complement your ideas and design. Our design will consist of two sections, if desired, their number can be reduced or increased.

We take two identical in length boxes, the width of one should be slightly smaller, since in our case the smaller one is inserted into the larger one. If you did not find the suitable sizes, then you can make them yourself, how to make boxes in the first version of the chest. We paste boxes with a cloth or paper, we use what is at hand. If desired, you can attach a mirror to the cover. To ensure that the design of the two boxes is complete, we attach it to the outer box of the inner box with special plastic levers. We decorate your ready small chest of drawers with all sorts of beads and rhinestones.

Chest of drawers for jewelry

Well, the last option in our article is a chest of drawers for cardboard jewelry with our own hands. All women love jewelry, but how and where to store them properly, practically no one knows. For this we propose to make a beautiful chest of drawers in your style for the interior.

We will need:

1. Empty boxes of milk or juice.
2. An empty box of shoes, in good, not tattered condition, since it is stronger than ordinary cardboard.
3. Scissors.
4. Glue.
5. Material for pasting or paper.

Determine the number and size of future boxes. Select how you will have a chest of drawers - horizontally or vertically. When resizing, remember that you need to reduce the thickness of the pasting. When working with a cloth, its thickness is multiplied by two.

Inside we put cardboard partitions and glue them, as well as all other details. They will extend the life of your chest. After you have collected the entire chest and pasted all the details, proceed to the design. Do not forget about the handle for the boxes. They can be made from ordinary laces. On the front side you can first string a large bead.

Place all your jewelry in the dresser and put it in a convenient place for you.