Board selection for dresser drawers

Now that I have finished building the frame for the Dresser I am starting to layout to construct drawers. On a dresser the drawers are everything. It is the main function of the dresser and the main visual. I paid special attention when I was purchasing the lumber for this project to select complementary color and grain shaped boards for the drawer fronts. I also paid special attention to be sure that the grain of each board had an interesting flow. I put the most figured board on the bottom and worked my way up from there to have the least figured board for the top drawers. By doing this it adds a nice visual effect of the piece being grounded and not top heavy. If I was to put the board with the most grain movement on the top it may make the dresser feel top heavy form a visual stand point.


Once I have the boards oriented the way that I want them, I first rough cut them to a manageable size. I then custom cut each drawer to fit each opening in the frame. By doing this I am insured that each drawer will fit the dresser perfectly.