Originally Posted by
Jozef Kaslikowski
I would like to paint the completed sections before moving them to the room also. I intend, so far, to leave the plywood edges raw and shellac and paint the entire thing. I have never painted anything I have made so I am not sure it will work out.
I'd recommend that you not leave the plywood edges that will be "uncovered" when the drawers are open raw. Edge 'em with hardwood. This isn't an appearance concern, it's a durability thing, especially since this will be the bed of a young boy (aka Destructor the Younger). If you don't edge it, things will catch on the plywood, they will tear at it, shred it, pull splinters (which will end up in toes and fingers and such nonsense).
I haven't drawn in the drawers yet, but I am thinking basic plywood boxes with full extension slides, no pulls but leave a longer lip on the under side of the drawer to use as a pull. The drawer faces are also meant to overlap the plywood ends completely, down from the top stretchers to overlapping the toe kick maybe an inch.
Use pulls. A lip on the bottom edge of the drawer will be blocked far too easily, and requires stooping further than a pull would require. Also, a lip encourages yanking on the drawer far off center, which can have less than satisfactory outcomes. Curved pulls without open ends would be best, to avoid snaggers.
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