One Drawer Night Stand Plans

Then, well-nigh a year ago I promised Joseph I'd build the states a set of matching nightstands …

They were supposed to exist my second build.

No matter.

I'm only 1 twelvemonth behind.

I guess I can't complain besides much next time I ask him to practice something and he takes a year to get around to information technology …

Ahhhh, marriage 😉

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Enjoy the plans!

Tools & Supplies:

• Kreg Jig
• 1-1/4" PH Screws
• Drawer Slides
• Cease Nailer & Nails (or hammer & nails)
• Drill
• Miter Saw
• Round Saw
• Orbital Sander
• Corner Cat Sander
• Tape Mensurate
• Foursquare
• Pencil
• Safe Spectacles
• Hearing Protection

Lumber:

• 3  |   i x ii – 6′
• two  |   2 ten two – 6′
• 1  |   1 x 4 – eight′
• 1  |   1 x 4 – 6′
• 1  |   1 x 6 – 6′
• ane  |   3/4″ Plywood ii′ x 4′ canvas (or scraps if yous take some lying around)

Cuts:

• 4  |   2 x ii @ 27″ (legs)
• 4  |   1 ten 2 @ 14″ (front & back framing)
• 6  |   1 x 2 @ 10″ (side framing)
• 2  |   1 ten 2 @ parallel miter (see Pace 6)
• 4  |   1 x 4 @ xviii″ (tabletop)
• 2  |   1 ten 4 @ x″ (drawer sides)
• one  |   ane ten 4 @ 11 1/2″ (drawer back)
• i  |   3/4″ Plywood @ 11 one/two″ 10 9 1/4″ (drawer bottom)
• 2  |   one x 6 @ 14″ (bottom shelf)
• ane  |   one ten 6 @ 13 3/4″ (drawer face)
• ii  |   3/four″ Plywood @ 10″L x 9″West (top side panels)
• ane  |   three/4″ Plywood @ xiv″L x nine″W (top dorsum console)

Footstep one.

Start past building the front end and back frames. Adhere the front & back framing to the legs with 1-1/iv″ pocket hole screws and forest mucilage. Position the framing affluent with the exterior edge of the legs.
Position the front frames 8 3/4″ apart. This will exit ane/8″ clearance on the top and lesser of the drawer face. Position the dorsum frames 9″ apart.

I spaced the side and back frames 9″ apart because I had a ix″ piece of plywood lying around to use. If you're ripping new plywood, you could just infinite the sides and back 8 3/4″ apart to friction match the front end. Either manner won't make a huge difference.

Pace two.

Connect the front and back frames. Position the side framing flush with the outside border of the legs and adhere with 1-1/4″ pocket hole screws and wood glue.

Step three.

Position the bottom side framing affluent with both sides of the legs and attach with ane-1/iv″ pocket hole screws and wood mucilage. Identify the pocket holes on the underside of the one 10 two to hibernate them.

Footstep 4.

Attach the inside panels for the drawer department of the nightstand. They should sit flush with the inside edges of the legs and the top and lesser of the framing.

Attach to the frame with wood glue and cease nails (or attach to the legs with one-1/4″ pocket hole screws and forest glue).

Footstep v.

Center the bottom shelf along the lesser one x 2 framing and attach with ane-i/4″ pocket pigsty screws and wood glue.

When centered, the lesser shelf volition overhang the legs past 1/2″ to the front end and back. Place pocket holes on the bottom of the shelf to hide them.

Stride half-dozen.

Position the \ braces affluent betwixt the side framing and adhere with woods glue and cease nails. Place end nails on the lesser of the \ brace to hide them.

To cut the \ braces, hold a 1 x 2 flush confronting the side of the nightstand and marking the angle with a pencil. Adjust your miter saw to that bending and cut. Echo for the other side of the \ brace and cut once more. Repeat for the 2d \ brace.

Step vii.

Adhere the tabletop to the nightstand with 1-1/iv″ pocket hole screws and wood glue.

Place pocket hole screws at the top of the within panels to hide them and adhere the tabletop from the lesser.

Stride 8.

The drawer for this nightstand is 13″Due west x 10″Fifty x three.v″H

Adjust the width as necessary for your drawer slides. Typically, drawer slides require one/two″ clearance. Then the drawer for this nightstand is 13″ wide to fit the fourteen″ opening. I used these drawer slides and they're bang-up!

Use 1 x 4s for the sides of the drawer, 3/4″ plywood for the base of operations, and a 1 x 6 for the face up.

Add a drawer pull, and you're adept to go! I grabbed this pack of drawer pulls and have been using them on various projects. They're super stylish at a good price – win win!

For more info, see How to Build a Drawer.

Step 9.

The tabletop for this nightstand is eighteen″Due west x 14″L. Employ iv 1 ten 4s for the tabletop panels and place pocket holes on the underside to hibernate them.

For more info, see How to Build a Tabletop.

Permit me know if you have any questions and I'll get back to you as shortly as possible.

And if you build from these plans, please tag me on Instagram @bitterrootdiy! I'd dearest to meet it!

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