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Mounting a dresser drawer to the wall.
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Lay a pencil on the top of the dresser and make a horizontal line.
Use a stud finder to locate and mark the studs in the area.
Very useful for hanging a shelf above a table or a desk where a bookshelf won t work.
Move the dresser away from the wall.
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Run a stud finder over the wall at the dresser height to locate the studs.
Dresser drawers make wonderful places to store odds and ends you do not want laying around.
Here are some more great ideas for upcycling dresser drawers into shelving.
However keeping an entire dresser in your living room may take up too much space or may not blend well with your decor.
Instead hang dresser drawers on the wall the same way you would mount a shelf.
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Draw light vertical pencil lines on each.
Tip the dresser up and position it so at least one bracket will be located on a stud.
Painting or lining the bottom of the drawer now gives you a creative shelf back to add more personality to a boring old wall.
Move the dresser back to the wall.
Always look for a solid wood section of the furniture either along the top at the sides or on a shelf or drawer divider and mark that as your mounting point.