What to do with old drawers

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  • Hang em on the wall as shelves, put casters on them for under the bed storage, fill them with plants, there's so much you can use them for

  • KattywhampusLOL KattywhampusLOL on May 28, 2018

    Good Morning Charlene Brown ONeal ... and here in my part of the country it is a hot and humid day, indeed. I have some hot ideas for you, too, about how to upcycle old drawers. Below is a link for you with a ton of ideas ... well, 50 actually, followed by a link with a ton of them LOL. I know you will find some ideas you love; I know I did ;) Have a creative summer and thanks for asking Hometalk for suggestions.

    http://savedbylovecreations.com/2013/01/50-ways-to-repurpose-old-drawers.html

    The ones below are a Pinterest link. Look through the pics, find what you like, click on the pic. That will take you to a page that will say VISIT or READ MORE, and just click on THAT to get to the page where the instructions are. https://www.google.com/search?q=upcycle+old+drawers&rlz=1C1CHWA_enUS612US612&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIuqjNz6jbAhUDvVkKHb34D7MQsAQIJg&biw=1366&bih=637


  • Tracy Benton Tracy Benton on May 28, 2018

    Stick caster wheels on them for under bed storage.

  • ☘️ TxBella ☘️ TxBella on May 28, 2018

    oh so many things! Planter boxes, shadow boxes , put a lid on them and make a jewelry box w/a bedpost or chair leg and make it a standing jewelry box, add a mirror to the front, put little hooks inside to separate chains add a small basket for rings.

    Turn it flat as a drawer and put legs on it and use as planter or put a lid and use as a child’s desk.

    Or craft storage.

    ( again w/ legs ) add tin cans and use when you paint.

    Here’s a few more ideas

    Have fun and Good Luck ☘️!


    https://youtu.be/DToGCBCAcEQ



  • Cheryl Gillman Cheryl Gillman on May 28, 2018

    You can make them into shadow boxes, storage shelves, put wheels on the bottoms for underbed storage, if you have cats you can make a tiered cat stand/bed, you can make them into a single bookshelf or individual shelves on a wall to hold books/magazines or papers etc. If they are smaller drawers you could add handles and make a breakfast tray, you could also make a floating shelf if it's small enough.

    Or if you are looking for outdoor ideas you could make a layered garden, put them around the base of a tree as planters just in ur yard or porch :)

  • Diane Diane on May 28, 2018

    I love old drawers! You can paint them. The inside one color and the outside another, with a pretty drawer knob on it. Either out a bracket on them for hanging on wall or sit on counter, dresser, table. If you hang them, you can place something pretty in them.