Printer drawers to curio table
My husband and I go to estate sales and flea markets, resale shops and garage sales. We tend to pick up the old, discarded printer drawers. The ones we gravitate towards are usually in some back corner, covered in dust! The drawers were used by printers to hold the alphabet print blocks for newspapers in days gone by. The printer would have a bureau or dresser full of these drawers and they would slide out. He would have his pick the the blocks. Printer drawer The drawers have lots of little dividers that are perfect spot for little figurines,coins, thimbles, collectibles, treasures etc. Add legs and you can make a funky, retro, coffee table So the hubby and I made one of these drawers into a coffee table. We had the legs and frame of an old mid-century modern table laying in the garage. My husband,Len, mounted the printer drawer by making a frame for on top of the legs. I found a piece of glass that would cover said drawer....