When assembling a dresser, put the drawers together one at a time.
An Essential Home dresser can be a source of satisfaction -- or frustration, when it comes to assembly. The Essential Home product line of furniture sold at Sears and Kmart actually uses a mix of materials: cardboard and wood. Those materials make these dressers far more affordable, but assembling the dressers can be confusing, which can offset its affordability for some buyers. Each model comes with its own set of instructions, but if for some reason those instructions aren't available, there are some basic steps that can help you assemble your dresser. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Sort the mainframe components and drawer components and set them aside. Your mainframe parts consist of side panel boards, top panel board, bottom panel, backboard and drawer sliders; and your drawer components consist of bottom boards, side boards with drawer guides/grooves, front and rear side boards with no grooves, and drawer pulls. Four side board panels (two sides, a rear, and a front), one drawer pull and one bottom panel will complete one drawer.
2. Assemble each drawer completely, one at a time. Every side board has three mating surfaces, two sides and a bottom. Mating surfaces are designed to interact perfectly with each other. Apply glue to each mating surface. Then, glue each side panel to the bottom panel to make one complete drawer, making sure that the drawer sliders/grooves face the outside.
3. Glue or screw in your drawer pulls. Keep repeating Steps 2 and 3 until all drawers are done.
4. Assemble the main frame of your dresser. Screw on the drawer sliders (if any) to the main frame's side panels. Screw on the bottom board panel to the side panels. Screw the top board panel onto the main side board panels.
5. Create the backboard. Nail the back panel onto the rest of the frame.
6. Slide in your drawers.
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