How to assemble a bedside table with drawers

When purchasing cabinet furniture for home and garden in a store, many are guided by the principle of simplicity. I chose something more or less suitable in size, paid, and received it delivered to my home. All that remains is to assemble. It's good that the kit always includes assembly instructions. However, for many this becomes a problem. Without experience and appropriate understanding, simple assembly turns into torture.

To simplify the task for such craftsmen, we will analyze the assembly process using the example of a bedside table with drawers. Knowing how to assemble a nightstand with drawers will help you handle other items as well. After all, all other furniture is assembled in the same way.

Tools and materials required for assembly

Before you begin assembling furniture, in order to avoid surprises, you should check the complete set of purchased materials and fasteners contained in the box. The name and quantity are indicated in the attached instructions. Typically, the kit contains the following parts.

• Wood plywood slabs, cut to required sizes. Walls, lid, base of the product, as well as front, side and back parts of drawers. The bottom of the drawers and the back wall of the bedside table are often made of thinner material.
• Legs or wheels for the base.
• Elements for fastening parts together: wooden dowels, special screws for wood, self-tapping screws and small nails.
• Accessories (handles and guide rails).

Tool you will need

To assemble a cabinet, take care of these tools.

• Phillips screwdriver for screws. If the manufacturer suggested using a special Euroscrew for fastening, then the kit should include a hex key.
• Hammer.
• Screwdriver.

The procedure for assembling the bedside table

If you do everything carefully and in order, very little time will pass until you see the result. And the process itself is quite simple.

Assembling the base

Select the slab marked in the instructions as a base. Distinctive features: it is smaller than the lid and there are holes on the bottom plane for attaching the legs.

Then, using a screwdriver or screwdriver, we secure the legs (wheels) to the plane of the base with self-tapping screws.

In the opposite plane, insert wooden dowels into the finished holes and hammer them in until they stop.

Walls and cover

Preparing the walls before assembling the housing

Before proceeding with final assembly, guide rails should be attached to the sides of the cabinet. Using a screwdriver (screwdriver), we screw self-tapping screws into the holes pre-marked by the manufacturer, securing the rails with them. There are three on each side.

Main frame

We hammer the remaining tongues into the lid. We take the slabs intended for the walls and carefully place them with prepared holes in the lower ends onto the tongues at the base. We fasten the lid on top in the same way.

Important! To secure and give rigidity to the structure, we pierce the plywood intended for the back wall with nails along the perimeter of the assembled product.

We complement the cabinet with drawers

The procedure for assembling the sliding parts is the same, with the exception of the bottom.

In all parts of the box there is a slot in the plywood along the entire length of the board, about 5 mm deep. The bottom should be inserted into it and only after that proceed to the final fastening of the frame.
We fix the counter part of the guide rail on the outside.

Ready! All that remains is to screw the handles and insert the drawers into their proper place.

Useful tips

• To make dowels and screws easier to screw into plywood, lubricate the working part with laundry soap.
• Be sure to wear gloves to protect your hands from splinters, calluses, and accidental pinching of the skin.
• Provide a free workspace and separate boxes for different types of fasteners.