Closets and Home Organization - Drawers for built-in storage?
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jlmio
01-21-06, 07:03 PM
We are constructing built-in storage on one wall of the room in our finished basement. Our plan is to build mostly shelves behind bi-fold doors, but would also like a couple of drawers. The dilemma is we do not know where to find either the hardware (runners) to attach to drawers we build ourselves or perhaps we can purchase drawers with the runners already on them. We basically do not know what is available to us because we do not know where to look. We have been to a Home Depot and Loews. Any help we can get is greatly appreciated.
slickshift
01-22-06, 07:45 PM
Hi jlmio
Welcome to the forums
I just moved up here from Old Saybrook
I'm familier with the closet organization products in the Lowes and Home Depot
They both carry ClosetMaid, though Lowes has more selection and a few exclusives
I found these in the DIY Hardware Warehouse
ClosetMaid:
<img src="http://s7ondemand1.scene7.com/is/servlet/izoom/DoItYourself/8605495?wid=200&hei=200&fmt=jpeg&qlt=75,0&op_sharpen=0&resMode=trilin&op_usm=0.0,0.0,0,0&iccEmbed=0">
If you want to build wood drawers yourself, your local Lowes should have the runners
I'm pretty sure I saw them there last time I was there
But I know they can vary with products
(I used to drive to the one in R.I. for some ClosetMaid exclusives I couldn't find in CT)
The DIY Warehouse also has the runners:
<img src="http://s7ondemand1.scene7.com/is/servlet/izoom/DoItYourself/u227900?wid=200&hei=200&fmt=jpeg&qlt=75,0&op_sharpen=0&resMode=trilin&op_usm=0.0,0.0,0,0&iccEmbed=0">
<img src="http://s7ondemand1.scene7.com/is/servlet/izoom/DoItYourself/u244194?wid=200&hei=200&fmt=jpeg&qlt=75,0&op_sharpen=0&resMode=trilin&op_usm=0.0,0.0,0,0&iccEmbed=0">
Or check out Rockler
They are good for hardware
http://www.rockler.com/
Welcome to the forums
I just moved up here from Old Saybrook
I'm familier with the closet organization products in the Lowes and Home Depot
They both carry ClosetMaid, though Lowes has more selection and a few exclusives
I found these in the DIY Hardware Warehouse
ClosetMaid:
<img src="http://s7ondemand1.scene7.com/is/servlet/izoom/DoItYourself/8605495?wid=200&hei=200&fmt=jpeg&qlt=75,0&op_sharpen=0&resMode=trilin&op_usm=0.0,0.0,0,0&iccEmbed=0">
If you want to build wood drawers yourself, your local Lowes should have the runners
I'm pretty sure I saw them there last time I was there
But I know they can vary with products
(I used to drive to the one in R.I. for some ClosetMaid exclusives I couldn't find in CT)
The DIY Warehouse also has the runners:
<img src="http://s7ondemand1.scene7.com/is/servlet/izoom/DoItYourself/u227900?wid=200&hei=200&fmt=jpeg&qlt=75,0&op_sharpen=0&resMode=trilin&op_usm=0.0,0.0,0,0&iccEmbed=0">
<img src="http://s7ondemand1.scene7.com/is/servlet/izoom/DoItYourself/u244194?wid=200&hei=200&fmt=jpeg&qlt=75,0&op_sharpen=0&resMode=trilin&op_usm=0.0,0.0,0,0&iccEmbed=0">
Or check out Rockler
They are good for hardware
http://www.rockler.com/