See how to repair an Ikea style drawer. Ikea made this type of flat-packed furniture widely available, so you may have a drawer similar to this. Unfortunately, flat-packed furniture isn’t as durable as furniture made using traditional woodworking methods.
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To repair this Ikea style drawer, I have to replace the broken parts. On this drawer, it means replacing the sides. I also add a front to the drawer so I create a solid connection between the drawer box and the drawer front. I’m using 1/2 inch poplar cut to match the existing parts.
The drawer sides need to have a groove (called a “dado”) in them to accept the drawer bottom. That’s cut on the table saw. I trim the bottom slightly as the inside of the box is now smaller that I’m adding a front to the drawer box.
I assemble the drawer with glue and finishing nails. I also add one screw in each joint, located where the side runner will be attached so the screw is concealed. Clamping braces make this work much easier if you don’t have someone to help you to accurately hold the parts together.
Once the drawer is assembled, I finish it with wipe-on polyurethane, which is an easy DIY way to seal the wood. I installed the drawer runners on the sides in the same location as the previous sides. The drawer front is attached to the drawer box with the screws for the two drawer pulls. The challenge is to make sure the drawer front lines up on the repaired drawer box the same way as it did on the broken drawer box.
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