Modern Mission-style furniture is painted to match the room's style.
Mission-style furniture is made of sleek, straight pieces with sharp corners and simple, straight dovetail joints. At the turn of the 19th century, Mission furniture was one of two leading styles of furniture, the other being Victorian. Early Mission-style furniture was created using handheld tools, such as a chisel and hammer, and was perfected through experience and knowledge of woodworking. When a Mission-style dresser drawer breaks, it is easily fixed or replaced with another drawer using flat, pine boards and a small knob. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Measure the existing drawer or another in the dresser or desk for height, length, and width.
2. Cut a 24-by-12-inch pine plywood sheet to the length and width measured, making the bottom of the drawer. For the sides and back of the drawer, cut three 12-by-6-by-1-inch pine boards to the length measured. Cut one 24-by-6-by-1-inch pine boards to the width measured, for the face of the drawer.
3. Cut a quarter-inch, 1 inch deep, around all edges of both ends of the front and back boards using a quarter-inch dado blade on a table saw. This makes the tongues for the standard Mission-style tongue and groove joints.
4. Round the edges of the tongues with the router and the half-inch round bit.
5. Cut a 1/2- inch-wide and 5 1/2-inch-long hole, a quarter-inch from both of the edges of the side boards, using a router and a half-inch round bit. This makes the groove for the tongues on the edges of the front and back boards.
6. Cut a quarter-inch-wide groove into each of the four boards, a quarter-inch from one edge, using the dado blade and the table saw. This makes the dado groove for the bottom of the drawer.
7. Apply wood glue to the tongues. Insert one tongue from the front board and one tongue from the back board into one side board, aligning the dado grooves on the three boards.
8. Drip wood glue into the dadoes of the drawer sides and back. Slip the bottom plywood sheet into the dadoes of the drawer.
9. Apply wood glue to the tongues on the front of the drawer. Slip the tongues into the grooves on the side boards. Clamp the drawer across the side boards. Allow the glue to cure for 24 hours.
10. Bore an eighth-inch hole into the front of the drawer with a cordless drill and an eighth-inch boring bit. Screw the knob into the hole.
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