How to Make a Baseball Dresser
by
Sarah Trop
(IC: professional)
Do I have any baseball fans out there? Red Socks?? Yankees?? Insert your favorite team here? Even though I am not a huge baseball fan (don’t hurt me), I do enjoy going to watch baseball games in person. Although watching my son play T-ball is my favorite. That being said I completely respect those of you who do love the game. ;) It’s what makes the world go around. ;)
Today’s mid century modern dresser has great lines and a really solid construction. So when Jill reached out to us about a dresser for her son’s room, it came to mind. Jill has bought many, many furniture pieces from us so I know her kids. And I know her son is a HUGE baseball fan. He knows everything there is to know about the Valley Cats. Every player, all the details of the games. It’s quite impressive. So I asked Jill if she’d be up for a design I’ve never done before. I’ve seen baseball dressers with bats and baseballs, but not exactly like this one (although I’m sure they are out there somewhere). I wanted to make our own handles using full sized bats and baseballs. That was perfect for Jill because they already had them laying around and that can save $$! :)
First we had to fill all of the holes from the hardware because none of it would be the right size. You can do that using wood filler, but we find that to get a smoother finish Bondo works better. We used this black paint from Benjamin Moore.
To turn the baseballs and bats into hardware for a dresser you’ll need the following tools:
Here are the after pictures for you!! Try not to hold anything in your hand while you look because you may drop it. ;)
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Published December 20th, 2016 12:21 PM
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Joan Stoltzfus on Jan 31, 2017That is really a cool ideal!
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Sandysquad51 on Mar 08, 2017
What a great idea! I love creativity.💜
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