One of my most prized pieces of furniture is a small chest of drawers my grandfather built. It’s beautiful and full of character, but for years the drawers were tough to open and close, especially in ...

Typical cabinets often aren’t the most efficient storage solutions—too many things get lost forever at the back of the cabinet. Solve that problem with a little DIY. Slide-out cabinet drawers are ...

Dear Linda: Your best bet is to rub the wood with some type of wax; either paraffin or carnauba wax. Use a candle if nothing else is available. Rubbing the wood with a bar of soap also works, but not ...

Sized to fit between grooves cut in the sides of a drawer, a plywood bottom panel slides into position. The panel will bottom out in a groove in the front and be nailed to the back to secure it in ...