This Dresser to Bench Project was submitted by Alice Woods-Smith from Inspired Junk. She is also a member of our Home Decorating, Upcycling and DIY Facebook group. If you would like to share your projects to be featured on this site, you can do so here

ALICE’S DIY DRESSER TO BENCH Project

Materials Used:

  • Wax
  • Dresser
  • Circular saw
  • Nail gun
  • Chalk paint (You can also learn how to make your own here)

How to:

First we looked on Pinterest and got some ideas on dressers to benches. We found a dresser that we thought would work and took all the drawers out.
Collage of Alice's dresser bench in process

 

Figure out which drawers you’re going to cut out and we used a circular saw to cut top off, it really is easier than you would think. We used the top as the bench seat just turned it over and used the nail gun.

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Alice's finished dresser bench, painted white and turqouise

We put in a few supports to make sure it stayed sturdy. For the back of the bench we used 1 x 4’s and again used the nail gun to attach. I then chalk painted and sealed with wax.

Side view of Alice's dresser bench with drawers open

To see more of Alice’s work, visit her facebook page Inspired Junk
ALICE WOODS SMITH 
My name is Alice and I’m from southeast Ga, USA. I’ve been upcycling furniture for the last 8 months and love it! I along with 2 friends have a FB page called Inspired Junk we upcycle furniture, a lot of chalk painting as well as making custom benches out of headboards & foot boards that our clients own. We take heirloom/childhood beds that are gathering dust in the attic and make a beautiful and useful piece of furniture that can be appreciated by the whole family.

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