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Four-Step Drawer Liner

Well-made drawers always bring a project to the next level. It’s rewarding to open a drawer and be greeted by a clean, locking rabbet joint, and there are a few things that transform a cabinet from a hunk of wood to a piece of furniture quite like an array of knobs (aside from the finish perhaps). Yet there’s one part of a drawer that often gets overlooked: the bottom.

For many people (myself included for a while) a plywood bottom is enough. However, a nice drawer liner isn’t just for the looks — there are some benefits even in a shop cabinet

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