loft drawers

promhandicam · 3 Feb 2009

Another recent job - some fitted drawer units to go into a recent loft conversion.
Before

After

The drawer fronts and face frame are made from Douglas Fir finished with 2 coats of Osmo Polyx - not my choice of timber but they wanted the units to match other furniture in the bedroom. The drawer boxes are made from 15mm mrmdf with 10mm bases sitting on blum tandem full extension runners and finished with dulux eggshell paint. The top drawer is 270mm deep; the bottom 750mm as the units fit into the eaves to maximise the space.

Comments / Constructive Criticism / Compliments appreciated

Steve

mailee · 3 Feb 2009

Well Bu**er me Steve, that is a really good idea there. Now that is what I call space saving alright. Is the idea yours or had you seen this sort of thing before? I had never even considered using space like this in a loft nice one.

promhandicam · 3 Feb 2009

mailee":1oar3ksc said:
Well Bu**er me Steve, that is a really good idea there. Now that is what I call space saving alright. Is the idea yours or had you seen this sort of thing before? I had never even considered using space like this in a loft nice one.

Thanks for the comments Mailee. I've not seen this sort of thing before - when I saw the available space and the customer said they wanted space for clothes, I suggested to them the idea of built in drawers of varying depths. The only thing I'd do differently if I did it again would be to cut out the studwork for the middle unit before making it so that the units would be easier to fit. I also ended up making up the face frame on site which would have been a lot easier if I'd done it in the workshop as it was over 8' wide.

Steve

adzeman · 4 Feb 2009

Good idea and very neat. Do like the style of the drawer fromts.

user 5024 · 4 Feb 2009

Brilliant Idea

I have been musing over something like this for ages. I think that you have kick started me into doing something about it

Our upstairs bedrooms are a similar shape and I could create access into the eaves but it is filthy in there so I would have to make a sealed box for the drawers to slide into.

It looks as if you did not find it necessary to do that. Do you think that there will be a problem with dust getting into the drawers?

promhandicam · 4 Feb 2009

Dave D":11cye78e said:
snip . . . Do you think that there will be a problem with dust getting into the drawers?

The eaves were boarded out with t+g boards so I wasn't too bothered and neither were the clients. If your eaves aren't boarded then yes, it would certainly be worth making a sealed unit - not really a lot more work. One other reason I didn't put backs on was that the client still wanted to be able to access the eaves, which is still possible by removing the drawers.

Steve