How to assemble a chest of drawers

A modern chest of drawers is an integral part of furniture sets. Moreover, at present, designers are actively using it as one of the elements of residential interiors. Although these furniture elements are relatively rarely included in sets, and are mostly purchased separately, it is very important to buy something whose style matches the design style of the room. Among other things, chests of drawers are sold disassembled into parts and its owner will have to either assemble it himself or order an additional furniture assembly service.

Of course, with such a service it is much easier to pay money and wait until they assemble it, but, on the one hand, this service is not cheap, and on the other, you need to spend a lot of time waiting for specialists, and then while they assemble the furniture. Therefore, it is faster and cheaper to assemble this furniture yourself. In this article, we will look at how you can assemble a chest of drawers at home and what tools are needed for this.

General rules for assembling a chest of drawers

How to assemble a chest of drawers? Important to remember! Before you start assembling the chest of drawers, you first need to:

• Unpack the kit;
• Find assembly instructions;
• Check the presence of all components;
• Check these elements for integrity and absence of damage during transportation;
• Carefully study the assembly instructions and especially the order of assembly.

After this, you need to prepare all the necessary tools, and only after that you need to start working.

What tools will you need?

How to assemble a chest of drawers with guides? The most necessary tools, without which it is impossible to assemble furniture, usually come with it. So self-respecting furniture companies supply a small set of tools necessary for this work.

If it is not available, you will need to select such a kit yourself. What do you need to have in order to assemble a chest of drawers? This kit includes:

• Hammer;
• Screwdrivers
• Furniture stapler with a supply of staples. If not, you can replace it with small cloves;
• Furniture key;
• Roulette;
• Screwdriver with a set of heads.

This kit will be quite enough to get the job done.

Technology for assembling a chest of drawers with drawers and guides

After everything is ready, we proceed to the most important thing - assembling the chest of drawers. Assembly takes place in several stages. At the first stage, we collect all the drawers that are included in the chest of drawers.

Before you begin assembling the drawers, it is worth separating the drawer parts separately, so as not to engage in unnecessary searches later.

1. The first thing you need to do is assemble the frame of the box itself. To do this, you need to insert euroscrews designed to connect parts into holes specially made in them at a furniture factory. Using a screwdriver or a furniture wrench, tighten them, but not completely.
2. The diagonals of the frame must be equal.
3. Once the corners are aligned, the screws can be tightened.
4. We secure the bottom of the frame using a stapler or small nails.
5. We install the fittings on the drawers.
6. We install a sliding mechanism on each of the drawers. The places for its fastening are indicated by holes in the side wall of the boxes.

Assembling the chest of drawers begins after all the drawers have been made and set aside.

1. Before starting this work, it is necessary to hang runners on the side walls of the chest of drawers from the inside, along which the retractable mechanisms of each of the drawers will move. The attachment points for the runners are also marked by the manufacturer.
2. The furniture body is assembled according to the same principle as the drawer frames. We connect the prepared sidewalls with the runners for the drawers using connecting strips secured with Euroscrews.
3. Next, using eccentric screws, we attach the lid to the sides, and then the bottom of the chest.
4. The lid is the front part of the chest of drawers, which can be easily scratched if you place tools or accessories on it.
5. Next, in the same way as the bottom was attached to the drawers, we attach the back wall of the chest of drawers in the same way.
6. After this, we close all the places where the euroscrews are attached with plugs of the same color as the furniture.
7. After this, the boxes must be installed in their seats.

This completes the work. All that remains is to check how correctly it functions.

Checking furniture for defects

If all assembly steps are carried out correctly and without errors, then the drawers should easily leave their places without effort. In addition, they must be fixed in the extreme position and not fall out. Visible gaps between drawers should be the same size. And also there should be no chips or scratches on the body parts.

If the assembly is carried out correctly, then after a short inspection of the furniture you can begin to use it.