It's Not Pretty But It Does The Job

This is our cutlery drawer. Because it's full of cutlery, it's pretty heavy.


After several years of pulling on the front to open it, the threads gave way on the screw holes on one side and the front panel came away. Rather than pack the existing holes with matchsticks or toothpicks and re-use the original screws, I decided to use connecting blocks and screw into untouched wood. Since this is our heaviest drawer and gets the most abuse, I wanted a good solid repair.


I used one block and two self-tapping screws on each side to re-attach the front panel to the body of the drawer.

There was a lot of useful space above the clothes rail in our wardrobe and we had stuff piling up on the floor. I bought a big piece of melamine-coated conti board and used some scrap wood from the shed (left by previous owners) for the battens.