Yesterday, I completed one of many final remaining initiatives on the perimeter cupboards of my walk-in closet. I constructed the primary a part of my DIY jewellery organizer — the jewellery drawer with the glass prime. This drawer is particularly for earrings, rings, bracelets, pendants, and so on. I haven’t but added the person compartments to the drawer, so I put a few my present jewellery organizers within the drawer so we might get an concept of the way it will look. And naturally, it nonetheless must be primed, caulked, and painted, together with the remainder of the cupboards.
So with that in thoughts, right here’s how the entire setup seems proper now.
Once I completed constructing the drawer final evening, I wasn’t positive if I wished so as to add trim to the entrance. However this morning, I made a decision that I’ll in all probability add this tiny trim to the drawer simply to present it somewhat one thing additional.
And I additionally haven’t picked out drawer and cupboard {hardware} for the room, so as soon as I decide that out, I’ll add two pulls or two knobs to the drawer. I can’t resolve if I wish to use one thing actually particular, or if I wish to preserve it easy with the drawer and door pulls. I’m nonetheless wanting.
So let me present you the way I constructed this jewellery organizer. I began by figuring out the peak of the glass shelf, and I minimize and nailed a 1″x2″ simply behind the cupboard trim in that cupboard.
After which utilizing extra 1″x2″ lumber, I continued including the body across the sides and the again of the cupboards. To assemble the whole body, I used two layers of 1″x2″ lumber on the entrance, two layers of 1″x2″ lumber on either side, and only one 1″x2″ on the again of the cupboard. I nailed all of those in place utilizing 16-gauge nails in my nail gun. And you may see that the second 1″x2″ piece on the entrance of the body sat flush with the entrance trim on the cupboard.
I obtained somewhat forward of myself and began including wooden filler earlier than I took the images, however you may nonetheless see the overall building.
With that fundamental body in place, right here’s the way it seemed inside the cupboard. The opening inside that body is the precise dimension of the glass that I ordered, plus about 1/8-inch in every path in order that I’d have 1/16-inch wiggle room on all 4 sides of the glass…
After which I wanted so as to add the help for the glass. For this, I used my desk noticed to tear items of 1″x2″ lumber (which are literally 1.5 inches broad and never 2 inches broad) in order that they have been 1.25″ broad and 1/2″ thick. I minimize these with my miter noticed to the proper lengths to suit inside that body, after which I hooked up them in order that the underside edges of these items have been flush with the underside edges of the body items, leaving a 1/4-inch rabbet on prime to help my 1/4-inch tempered glass.
Once more, I obtained somewhat forward of myself with the wooden filler, however I believe you may nonetheless see the general building. So once more, on the entrance and sides, I had two layers of 1″x2″ lumber (which are literally 1.5 inches broad), and simply inside these I hooked up one layer of strips ripped to 1.25″ x .5″.
As soon as that body with the rabbet was constructed, I examined the match of the glass. It was excellent!
After testing the match of the glass, I eliminated it for protected storage and constructed the drawer, which I made out of 1/2-inch plywood.
I didn’t take photos of the method for constructing the drawer just because I’ve constructed so many drawers prior to now you can refer again to for those who want that data.
Earlier than constructing the drawer, I put in the drawer slides. To make it possible for my drawer slides would clear the facet trim on the cupboards, I first hooked up items of 1″x3″ lumber (which is definitely 3/4″ x 2.5″) behind the entrance cupboard trim just under the glass countertop body, nailed in place utilizing 16-guage nails, after which I put in the drawer slides on prime of these 1″x3″ items. Then I measured the space between the drawer slides (that distance for this drawer was 42 5/8″), and I constructed my drawer to suit that width. So the surface dimensions of the completed drawer field is 42 5/8″ x 16″.
And at last, I minimize a bit of 1″x4″ (precise dimension is 3/4″ x 3.5″) pre-primed lumber to make use of because the drawer entrance, and I hooked up it to the entrance of the drawer field, first tacking it into place utilizing 18-gauge nails, after which screwing it to the drawer entrance utilizing 1″ wooden screws which might be screwed by way of the within of the drawer field and into the again of the drawer entrance to safe it into place.
And with that, the fundamental construct of my jewellery drawer with the glass countertop was completed!
I’m so happy with how this turned out. I’ve to confess that I used to be nervous about this challenge as a result of I’ve by no means constructed something like this earlier than, and I knew it needed to be excellent in order that it didn’t appear to be an apparent DIY challenge. But it surely turned out precisely as I envisioned it.
And, after all, it’ll look even higher as soon as every thing is caulked and painted. I haven’t determined precisely how I wish to end the within of the drawer but. I do know that the majority customized jewellery drawers are lined with velvet or one thing fancy like that, however I actually don’t have the endurance or the need to spend days of my time protecting tiny items of wooden to create small velvet-lined compartments. It’s simply not that essential to me. So I’ve thought of simply lining the underside of the drawer with velvet or velveteen or one thing like that (if I may even discover a good coordinating colour) after which portray the wooden that makes up the small compartments in the identical colour.
Or I might simply paint the entire thing and forgo the flamboyant velvet altogether. If I paint it the entire thing, I assumed it is likely to be enjoyable to color it one of many corals that I examined out for the cupboards simply so as to add a contact of a coordinating colour to this space. In spite of everything, the part of cupboard simply above this glass-top countertop shall be wallpapered, so it would look nice to convey that coral colour in with this drawer.
I’m so enthusiastic about how this turned out. This challenge was truly a lot simpler than I assumed it might be.
However I do assume I would like so as to add some trim to the drawer entrance simply to make it apparent that it’s a drawer. After all, including drawer pulls may also make it apparent that it’s a drawer.
And now the ultimate factor that I have to construct is the necklace storage that can go within the open part just under the jewellery drawer. I’m nonetheless attempting to work out the main points of that. I believe I virtually have it, however I’m not fairly there but.
And I additionally want to determine the main points of how I wish to end the within of this drawer — what number of compartments, what number of of every dimension, what colour/end, and so on. However the hardest half is completed.
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