Adding Legs To A Malm Dresser

For the dresser i have the base needed to be removed.

Adding legs to a malm dresser.

How to add the legs. It was held on with a few screws which made it quite easy. I have added legs to other pieces where the base was nailed on. Bet i could use washi tape or wallpaper for the drawers.

Start by cutting your wood blocks to size. If you are just raising a malm dresser off the floor then you might want a short leg. Adding legs to a malm dresser updating my malms to look more expensive with simple 1 00 3 00 a piece wooden legs i found from home depot. Adding legs to an ikea malm dresser.

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. If it s to create a desk or a dining table the you ll want a certain fairly long length of leg. I added wood glue and clamped em down and let them sit for 24 hours. I added a couple of 1 4 s to the dresser and attached the leg brackets to the wood.

Adding legs to a malm dresser. Just paint legs to match. Malm drawers ikea malm dresser ikea kallax dressers malm hack hack ikea tapas table ikea creative closets. Since the bottom of the ikea malm dresser is open first we need to add support pieces to the underside of the dresser that the legs can attach to.

Saved by hillary watts. Depending on the piece of furniture you are working with the legs or base currently on it will need to be removed. Tapered legs work really well when you re after a mid century look. With those pieces i just used a hammer to pry the base off.