Post #538354 by TabooDan on Tue, Jun 22, 2010 8:04 PM

Thanks everybody!! Charge admission.....sounds like a good idea! More than happy to show it off for a small fee or donation!! :wink:

I forgot to post one shot with the Schirman velvet back up and the wood step shelf below the velvet installed:

Without flash:

Going back to the drawers for a minute, here are a few pictures of the finishing I did on the inside. I wanted to give the inside a quick lining on the bottom of the drawer so decided to add a little fabric. This can be done very quickly and is a great little finishing tip. You could always just stain or paint the inside but I wanted it to be soft on the inside.

First, I cut some cardboard (three pieces) as a base that would be wrapped in the material and then put in the drawer for the bottom. Cardboard works just fine as it's easy to cut, rigid enough to hold things, and still soft enough once wrapped.

I then sprayed the cardboard with upholstery glue and placed it onto the pre-cut fabric. I cut sections of fabric from the corners like in the photos and began to fold each side over like this:

It doesn't matter about your cuts or your glue or tape on the back because it will all be covered up. If you try this, don't cut the fabric too close to the corners of the cardboard as you don't want any of the cardboard to stick out.
I also like using cardboard because it's easy to cut just right so it's little tighter so you just pressure fit it in to your space. You can also use some glue or tape to hold it to the bottom but pressure fits good enough.

Once all corners and edges folded over you can put glue on the fabric or even tape works just fine. You won't see any of it and the pressure and glue will keep it all together nicely. Here it is folded over and glued:

Finished:

Here's a shot of the drawer with the slider installed with it's new liner:

Didn't come out too bad for about 15 minutes work.

Later, TabooDan