{"id":15622,"date":"2012-08-27T22:50:25","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T02:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=15622"},"modified":"2016-09-18T19:13:49","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T16:13:49","slug":"a-wine-crate-inspired-dresser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/a-wine-crate-inspired-dresser\/","title":{"rendered":"A Wine Crate Inspired Dresser"},"content":{"rendered":"

My wonderful new dresser is finished! Using wine crates for inspiration, plywood, cheap paneling, pine 1x2s, some leftover cloth-backed vinyl, stains, wax, and a bit of hardware, my mother was able to build me the exact item envisioned for the area next to my shower in the dressing room:<\/p>\n

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While I did post a sneak peek of the dresser<\/a>, I thought I’d show off its details now that it’s done.<\/p>\n

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The new, made to measure, dresser stands proudly next to the shower, occupying perfectly otherwise empty space. It is raised a few inches off the floor to make it possible for the furnace vent under the unit to be used again.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Coming<\/a>

Coming into the dressing room from the kitchen, you can now see a unit that fits perfectly against the existing motorhome trim as though it was built in. The previous, temporary, dresser extended at least three inches into the doorway. The extra space to pass is wonderful!<\/p><\/div>\n

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The shower side of the dresser is only visible in the shower. I stained it with brou de noix (a natural walnut stain) to make it look more finished. The colour isn’t as red as the vinyl, but the effect is satisfactory.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"We<\/a>

We had to make so many adjustments to the dresser to get it to fit in the rig that some of the measurements ended up being a little off, including the width of the door. I just stained and waxed the apparent edge to make this mistake less noticeable. The door stays shut thanks to a hook and matching screw.<\/p><\/div>\n

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I used Martha Stewart chalkboard labels from Staples to identify the contents of my drawers (which are actually repurposed wine crates). The names have rubbed off a little from use, but I don’t mind since the labels are erasable\/reusable and the look matches the style of the dresser.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The<\/a>

The vinyl was applied to thin cardboard-like paneling. We used the brou de noix to stain the back of the inserts for a more finished look.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The<\/a>

The dresser is secured with two toggle bolts that go from the back of the unit into the wall between the dressing room and kitchen that holds the pocket door.<\/p><\/div>\n

There are no words to express how much I love my new dresser and just how giddy I get when it’s time to put away laundry or get dressed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My wonderful new dresser is finished! Using wine crates for inspiration, plywood, cheap paneling, pine 1x2s, some leftover cloth-backed vinyl, stains, wax, and a bit of hardware, my mother was able to build me the exact item envisioned for the area next to my shower in the dressing room: While I did post a sneak […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[632,810,6,635,718,5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-chambly","category-homemaking","category-north-america","category-quebec","category-rving","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}