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    Home » Repurposed Furniture » Repurposed Kitchen Drawer Shelf

    Repurposed Kitchen Drawer Shelf

    Published by Gail | Published June 6, 2017 | Updated July 26, 2022
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    Recently I decided to get busy on some long lost projects and get them ready to sell. Today’s project is all about repurposing an old kitchen drawer into  a small shelf.

    Be sure to scroll to the bottom to see more fun repurposed drawer ideas from My Repurposed Life.

    Repurposed Kitchen Drawer

    using a drawer as the support

    I had several of these drawers in storage. One of which I used years ago to make the DIY Child’s Kitchen Center . Sometime in the recent months, I dug one of these black drawers out and gave it a fresh coat of DIY chalky paint primer, and a top coat. Then it went back into storage for a long time.

    white kitchen drawer

    As I said, I was tying up some lose ends recently so I got this little drawer out and cleaned it up a little.

    Project ideas and a video of "how to glaze painted furniture and more"

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    Glazing drawer shelf

    chalked glaze smoked glaze

    I wanted to kitchen drawer / small shelf to have an older look to it. This Rust-Oleum smoked glaze was perfect for the job! I applied the glaze and wiped it off with a small rag. The best thing about this glaze? It seals and protects the chalk paint—in this case a diy chalky paint primer made with Plaster of Paris.

    Watch my video of How To Glaze Painted Furniture

    small shelf made from kitchen drawer MyRepurposedLife

    This small shelf made from a kitchen drawer is perfect for a tight space.

    small glazed shelf made from a kitchen drawer MyRepurposedLife

    Have you seen my roller stamped drop cloth curtains? Look for another easy drawer makeover coming later this month for my Thrift Store décor project.

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    1. Lauren

      June 06, 2017 at 11:50 am

      Wow - that was one, big ugly drawer before your transformation haha! So many cute ideas for drawers -- I am going to check out that dropcloth curtain now!

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