A quick and affordable trick for changing or upgrading the style of a piece of furniture is to swap in new legs or feet.
Diy adding legs to dresser.
Here is a list of the stuff you ll need new legs ebay or specialty hardware stores cordless drillflathead screwdriver to get out staples withstaple gun stapler will work but it not the best s.
I ve been putting off the job as it looks so well 60 ish.
Now it looks like i have a brand new ottoman.
Updating furniture legs is so easy and makes such a big impact.
We chose 4 blocks because that measurement made the block flush with the bottom of our dresser.
Doing so will add height and visually lighten the piece.
I purchased a small ottoman at goodwill for 12 and took the legs off of that.
I added wood glue and clamped em down and let them sit for 24 hours.
The legs are 16 round taper legs by waddell from home depot.
For my project i used some vintage mid century legs with brass caps.
The simplest way to add furniture legs to a smaller piece of furniture is by using t nuts.
I have an old 1960 s dresser sitting out in the shop to repaint.
In order to hide the wood supports that the brackets were attached to i added a couple of 1 2 s around the edge as trim.
For now i m talking about how to add legs to furniture and the impact it can have.
Here are some terrific examples.
I added a couple of 1 4 s to the dresser and attached the leg brackets to the wood.
Why not take this idea a step further and add legs or feet to pieces that are otherwise grounded.
Your measurements might be different.
I realized after the first leg that the metal roller could be unscrewed so i did that for the other three legs.
T nuts aka tee nuts rivet or blind nuts can be found in local hardware stores in the fastener section for usually less than 50 each.
To create supports for the legs to attach to we cut and added 4 x 4 blocks of wood and secured them into place through the outside of the dresser by insetting the screws.
First you need legs.
They come in various sizes to accommodate large and small screws and once installed they re a nice secure fastener.
I love these natural legs.
One leg took about 20 25 minutes.
You can purchase new legs at lowes home depot or even on amazon.
Couch legs adding or changing.