19 diy Kitchen drawers ideas

I’m back with another kitchen/pantry organization project that I’m pretty excited about. I worked more on my pantry yesterday, and I spent the afternoon building and installing this custom DIY pull-out slotted drawer for baking sheets, pizza pans and baking dishes. It’s nothing fancy — no fancy corner joints or hidden dowels. It’s just a very basic drawer with butt joints and visible staples where everything is attached. But it’s very sturdy, easy to make, and very functional. The whole drawer took almost one sheet of 1/2-inch plywood, which means it cost around $45 with the drawer slides. And speaking of drawer slides, these are the ones I buy. That’s the best price I’ve found on full-extension ball bearing drawer slides. The price at Home Depot is about two to three times that amount per pair, depending on which brand you get. These are not the soft automatic close slides, but I really don’t care about that. As long as the drawer slides move easily and smoothly, are full-extension, and will hold the weight of the drawer and the items in it (these are rated for 100 pounds), then I’m happy. When building drawers or pull-out shelves, I always install