Anyone familiar with Ana White? She is fabulous. She designs and builds furniture and then puts the plans on her blog. Look at her work - she's my hero. I decided I really wanted to learn woodworking so I got started with a simple plan - something I needed anyway. Her wood drawer organizers were the perfect solution! I decided to do both my top drawer (the regular eating utensil drawer) and my second drawer, which holds some cooking tools of mine. I drew up the plans for both of the drawers and then went shopping.
It came out that I was going to need around 15ish feet total for both drawers so I went to Lowe's and picked up 2 1x3s (they generally sell in 8 foot lengths). I gave my husband the list of lengths I needed for each drawer side and he cut the wood for me. I then sanded each piece, which was not fun when you have tiny hands and the palm sander is much larger than your palm. Sanding is definitely necessary though - it gets rid of rough edges or anything that might splinter in the future. Plus, it looks much nicer.
Unsanded vs. Sanded
I used a countersink drill bit and screwed the pieces together, then I filled the holes with wood filler and used a stain/poly combination by Minwax to seal the wood. Then, I screwed the whole thing inside the drawer. I love them and am excited to start my next project!
Cooking tools drawer organizer
Cooking tools drawer organizer with the tools
Ready to go!
Utensil drawer divider
Ready for silverware!
