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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

DIY Raining Bookshelves!



Repurposed dresser drawers!

On my recent trip to Portland I snapped these photos of my son-in-law's bookshelves --which he created from some old dresser drawers...I love the paint job--with the Northwest rainclouds, just dripping...and I thought they were put together creatively---a nice practical re-use of some old drawers.

There must be something to the saying " necessity is the mother of invention..."

4 comments:

Oldie said...

Thanks, Aurora...I feel honored!

Seriously, though...these are so easy to make and you can pick up old drawers at salvage furniture warehouses for something like $5 for the whole set.

Leah said...

what a fantastic idea! love it!

Karoda said...

I love this idea! I'm scheduled to go 2nd hand shopping tomorrow and will keep this in mind!

Anonymous said...

I did a search for "repurpose dresser drawers." Just found what I'm gonna do with the 4 drawers I curbed today. Hope you don't mind if I "borrow" the idea. Love it!