There has never been a better time to take on a DIY project. Instead of throwing away items, you can turn them into something entirely new. Repurposing, upcycling, and recreating items has never been more popular or easy to do.
Furniture happens to be particularly easy to upcycle as well. There are ways to turn old dressers into entirely new pieces of furniture. You can also turn dresser drawers into something unique as well.
Just take it from Maggie McGaugh, a stay-at-home mom who decided to take on a dresser DIY to cure her boredom.
When she realized she had a knack for creating gorgeous DIY upcycling projects on the cheap, she decided to create an Instagram account and share her projects. Before she knew it, she had amassed over 129,000 followers!
So, what can you do about leftover dress drawers?
There are countless ways you can upcycle dresser drawers. Whether you want to create an entirely new piece of furniture, an art project, or something functional, dresser drawers have everything you need, even if they are pretty old.
Here are 15 fun or useful things you can do with old drawers:
1) Create A Standing Bookcase
Doesn’t this bookcase look nice? All the person has done here is stand-up an empty leftover dresser drawer and shoved their books in there.
A mudroom is a room that generally separates the outside of your home from the inside. So your boots and coats go here and leftover dresser drawers can help. as is shown here.
Similar to a mirror frame, just stick a corkboard inside the drawer and then hang the drawer up on the wall and you have a bulletin board on your wall!
Many of our pets seem to fit snugly inside our dresser drawers. Simply remove your dresser drawer and put some comfy blankets or pillows down and you’ve got yourself a new pet bed.
You can make a taller version of a bookcase by stacking the dresser drawers vertically. You just need to make sure you have read enough books to justify doing this.
This is actually pretty useful if you’re trying to make use of a small space. If you mount your dresser drawers on the wall, they become little shelves that can hold a lot of stuff.
If you hang your drawers on the wall near your washer and dryer, they are a great place to put your detergent and bleach. You can also hang a framed picture of a mustache for some reason, as the person here has done.
Hang a drawer vertically on your wall to create the perfect little jewelry organizer. It’s perfect for necklaces, earrings, and all your little trinkets.
Does your child want a dollhouse for their birthday? Do you not want to have to pay a pretty penny for an expensive dollhouse? Grab some paint and spend an afternoon renovating your dresser drawers and you have the perfect gift.
If you have a cat who loves to find interesting places to sit then you can use some wooden beams and dresser drawers to create a fun cat habitat. Granted, it’s almost assuredly the case that after you finish doing this, your cat will just end up curling up somewhere else entirely.
This is another good space-saving hack as well. If you attach rollers to the bottom of your drawers, you can then stick them under your bed and roll them out when you need them, saving a lot of space in the process.
Leftover drawers also make a good leftover station where you can store many items such as plastic wrap, tin foil, paper towels, napkins, and anything else you have lying around the house that always seems to get lost.
Leftover drawers also make good DIY planters. These drawers will look great in your garden but after you put soil in them, they can no longer store your socks and/or underwear.
Another good space saver for those looking to make the best use of their area. If you detach the front boards to the drawer and then hang those on the wall, The knobs can be used as clothes hangers.
