I added wood glue and clamped em down and let them sit for 24 hours.
Adding legs to a dresser.
To add new legs turn the dresser upside down protecting the newly painted top with a drop cloth or foam board.
They come in various sizes to accommodate large and small screws and once installed they re a nice secure fastener.
You may need to use a multi functional tool to cut.
Add a block of wood to make a place for the.
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To create supports for the legs to attach to we cut and added 4 x 4 blocks of wood and secured them into place through the outside of the dresser by insetting the screws.
If the bottom isn t flat you will need to make it so.
Instructions remove the old base or legs by unscrewing and prying off glued parts.
This can either span the full width of the piece or just fit in the corners to provide a surface for adding legs to the dresser.
With those pieces i just used a hammer to pry the base off.
I ve been putting off the job as it looks so well 60 ish.
The legs are 16 round taper legs by waddell from home depot.
It was held on with a few screws which made it quite easy.
Attach furniture leg plates.
How to add the legs.
Adding the legs sure made the bookcase look so much better and suited for the space.
T nuts aka tee nuts rivet or blind nuts can be found in local hardware stores in the fastener section for usually less than 50 each.
Optional some dressers need extra support.
For the dresser i have the base needed to be removed.
I added a couple of 1 4 s to the dresser and attached the leg brackets to the wood.
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Modify the base for new legs.
Depending on the piece of furniture you are working with the legs or base currently on it will need to be removed.
We chose 4 blocks because that measurement made the block flush with the bottom of our dresser.
Learn how to add furniture legs to ikea shelves and drawers.
Your measurements might be different.
The simplest way to add furniture legs to a smaller piece of furniture is by using t nuts.
I have an old 1960 s dresser sitting out in the shop to repaint.
Each time i look at it i think it needs legs for added height and also to bring it the 2000 era.
You will need to add legs to a flat surface on the bottom of the dresser.
You can do this by adding a new plywood base.