Thursday, February 09, 2012

Malm dressers, made fancy


Materials: 3 malm dressers, 2x4s, trim, knobs

Description: It's all in the blog post, step by step.


See more of the Malm dresser built-ins.

~ Shannon
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5 comments:

  1. Has anyone had success replacing the drawer bottoms with something more sturdy? Maybe some thin plywood or something?

    I would hesitate to make built in Malms considering the fact that while the unit itself is quite sturdy, every one that I have seen has had the back part of the drawers bow out and let the drawer bottom fall open. Only really happens with overloaded drawers but I'd rather have a solid bottom and eliminate the problem altogether.

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  2. I (wood) glued the bottom of my malm drawers in and haven't had any problems since. Still, I'm sure there's got to be a sturdier solution than that.

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  3. Actually it's funny you Mention that. Our son's Malm dresser did that (bowing drawer bottoms falling out). But the 3 we bought for this project seem to be redesigned? The drawers go together differently--and seem to have been fixed specifically to combat that issue.
    Even still, as far as money spent vs bang for the buck this was totally a winner. We got tons of storage space with a unique look for under $350.

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  4. I do think the newer Malms are different but you could use plexi glass which is the same thickness and is now readily available at Home Depot.

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  5. nice work! :) I like the color scheme!

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