Repurposed Drawer
A while back I bought a drawer at the Restore (Habitat for Humanity). I was a vintage drawer that I bought for the pull. The drawer has a gorgeous old brass pull. When I got it home it went into the dark hole I call the garage. When I found it while beginning to have my annual spring/summer garage cleaning I loved it all over again. I decided instead of removing the pull I would make a repurposed drawer. One of the reasons I want to make a repurposed drawer out of this one was the dovetail finish of the drawer. I can’t get enough of it. Also the wood has such a great finish. That is except for the drawer face.
The veneer was peeling on the drawer face. I peeled off all the loose veneer. The surface even after sanding was very rough. I decided to camouflage the area with some painted stripes. The color of the stripes inspired me consider using a map to decorate the drawer.
I chose my two favorite colors to accent the top of this drawer. I like stripes and these are perfect for the project.
At this point I went garage diving again and found a piece of metal that fit the drawer perfectly. My drawer was now going to become a magnet board. I thought the metal was too stark and I wanted to tone it down.
To tone down the metal I decided to decoupage a map on it. The map will also be great with the stripes on top. I used Mod Podge to attach the map to the sheet metal.
I also had these buckets that were the perfect size to sit on the shelf that was really the bottom of the drawer.
These small buckets will be perfect to fill with pens, pencils, sissors and other crafting supplies. I may use one for mailing supplies such as stamps.
These are three good views of my repurposed drawer. I think I am going to use it on the built in desk in the kitchen.

Love this project! So cute. I see old drawers at garage sales all the time.
Ooooh, that is a really really good idea! It’s so functional and cool!
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LOVE it! What a great idea and I love what you chose to put in it.
It’s just so perfect!
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Love it! My daughter would love this for sure, thank you for sharing ^_^
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I love the idea, we repurposed and old drawer as cat bed my princess loves it
This is such an amazing idea thanks for sharing.
What a cute idea. I was thinking of taken a drawer and making it a catchall (it’s a tiny drawer) so this is really inspirational!
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what an amazing idea this is.. thanks for sharing!
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It’s really nice decoration coming from the old drawer.
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What a great idea! And a lovely project, the end product looks really good!
Such a cool idea. I like the ridges on the insides too. What do the pins on the inside say?
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Wow! This is such an amazing idea… I loved it. Doing this kind of #DIY with kids makes it more fun 😀
Great idea. You could even line up a few of them and attach to a wall for a feature.
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I just found your blog and I love it’s name! Great project!
Ohh nice idea you have in there! I have repurposed a drawer before.

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I wonder if the same could be down with a drawer, we have a lot of those laying around, i love this idea!
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Great idea:)
Thanks for posting!!!
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