Making drawers from aromatic cedar
Last night my wife and I were in Restoration Hardware and I was looking at their furniture. All the interior drawer parts including the bottom, were made of 1/2" solid aromatic cedar. I really like the way it looked and it smelled fantastic. The dovetail joinery looked cool also since the cedar was quite a contrast to the darker woods on the drawer fronts.
I've lined a few of my projects with aromatic cedar, but never thought of making the interior drawers out of it, but thought the idea was pretty cool. I have about 10 bf of aromatic cedar that has been sitting around and this would be a good use for it. Has anyone ever tried making drawers out of aromatic cedar? Do you see any issues doing so?
Thanks in advance.
drawers from aromatic cedar
Why not just make the drawers in your usual and customary fashion and line the drawer with thin cedar strips? It would have the same effect as a drawer made of cedar and you would not have to worry about the other problems that cedar has.