Updating furniture legs is so easy and makes such a big impact.
Diy adding legs to dresser.
A quick and affordable trick for changing or upgrading the style of a piece of furniture is to swap in new legs or feet.
I love these natural legs.
Doing so will add height and visually lighten the piece.
For my project i used some vintage mid century legs with brass caps.
Adding the legs sure made the bookcase look so much better and suited for the space.
Couch legs adding or changing.
Your measurements might be different.
So you want to spruce up your couch.
I have an old 1960 s dresser sitting out in the shop to repaint.
The legs are 16 round taper legs by waddell from home depot.
For now i m talking about how to add legs to furniture and the impact it can have.
One leg took about 20 25 minutes.
You can purchase new legs at lowes home depot or even on amazon.
I realized after the first leg that the metal roller could be unscrewed so i did that for the other three legs.
The simplest way to add furniture legs to a smaller piece of furniture is by using t nuts.
Here are some terrific examples.
I purchased a small ottoman at goodwill for 12 and took the legs off of that.
I added a couple of 1 4 s to the dresser and attached the leg brackets to the wood.
To create supports for the legs to attach to we cut and added 4 x 4 blocks of wood and secured them into place through the outside of the dresser by insetting the screws.
Now it looks like i have a brand new ottoman.
T nuts aka tee nuts rivet or blind nuts can be found in local hardware stores in the fastener section for usually less than 50 each.
We chose 4 blocks because that measurement made the block flush with the bottom of our dresser.
Each time i look at it i think it needs legs for added height and also to bring it the 2000 era.
They come in various sizes to accommodate large and small screws and once installed they re a nice secure fastener.
I ve been putting off the job as it looks so well 60 ish.
I added wood glue and clamped em down and let them sit for 24 hours.
First you need legs.