Drawer: How to Build One

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The very first time I built a drawer was for this X-leg accent table and literally made a box in a box and didn’t even bother with drawer slides.

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Drawer: How to Build One

Technique #1

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Attach the sides

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Attach the bottom

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Build the box

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