I bought a vintage drawer about a year ago thinking I would use it for something one day. Recently I saw on Pinterest an idea for making an end table with one and showed it to my husband. He used his woodworking skills and got on it right away. We had all of the materials already available in his workshop. My friend had recently given me some furniture legs which is so great to have for projects.

It all started with this drawer. I loved the style and the drawer pull. This shows it with a new piece of wood in the inside since it needed to be sturdy to hold things.

First my husband put the legs on. Then he made a bottom shelf using some new wood for the base and then reclaimed wood pieces we had leftover from another project.  I painted the inside of the drawer green.

The legs and the new wood added were unfinished wood so I stained them with dark walnut minwax stain. When dry I painted over the stain with green paint. Then I distressed it so that the legs would look vintage to go along with the drawer. The drawer was faded and very plain so I decided to paint it a light yellow and distress. I kept the drawer pull original. For sealing I used polycrylic over the reclaimed wood shelf and in the inside of the drawer. I used CeCe Caldwell’s clear wax on the drawer and the legs. I really like the way it came out and it is for sale in my shop and works well for displaying items. I do have some drawers I collected from when my daughter’s house flooded so always looking for great ideas to use for drawers.    This SOLD around Christmas time!