Finishing touches to dress up your drawers

Finishing touches to dress up your drawers Whether you’ve just introduced brand new drawers into your abode or have been a faithful and dedicated owner for a while, there are various ways in which you can provide a facelift to such a key piece of furniture. This guide includes handy tips for both making over your drawers and changing certain elements to suit your surroundings. In terms of quick aesthetic touches, don’t be afraid to think outside of the box. That is, both metaphorically and literally. A technique that is easy enough in its approach but one that can seriously spruce up a drawer is to simply add a splash of colour to the lining or exterior of each draw. Depending on your style, you can be quite bold with this approach and try out various patterns and textures. For example, this stripy paintwork is relatively simple to apply but can totally transform an ordinary drawer into one that really pops. For an additional bit of jazz, you could use fabrics to line the inside or outside of each drawer; perhaps even experimenting with a different fabric for each drawer, like here. Try combining bright and eccentric colours with rich dark wood such as mahogany for an opulent feel or go against the grain; choosing vintage lace to line a glossy, white insert. For a chamber that houses delicate or more valued items, you may choose a lining with a practical persuasion, to prevent items for moving around or coming into contact with their roomy neighbours. For this, felt fabrics or leather linings can help to keep your chosen contents in their rightful place. Depending on your home-life environment, there are various design strategies you can look to implement in order to fit your drawers in line with your surroundings. For draws that need to adapt to those with hands of a smaller disposition, a soft close style or push to open fashion could be the way forward. In this instance, not only will your draws be able to withstand the test of time at a better rate, but little fingers won’t get trapped so easily. If organisation is of the utmost importance, drawers with a glass panel front can be a welcome addition. These will also help a room to appear bigger. For the kitchen, Pasta Drawers are a popular choice as they come with adjustable partitions, allowing for the illusion of organisation. If your drawers are hidden behind a cupboard door, one option to showcase the contents once the veil has been lifted are clear cut-out panels and dividers. Not only do these provide an instant option for display purposes but these also allow for organisation and the separation of its contents. So, if you wanted jewellery in one section and scarves in the other, you could look to employ dividers such as these. When looking for compartment options to store items of a longer shape and style, such as kitchen utensils, angled drawer dividers make an excellent choice.