Uploaded July 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This DIY Ikea hack video shows to make your own drawer fronts or doors for the Ikea Nordli dresser. The Ikea Nordli dresser is low-profile, and also makes a great media center – I’m actually going to be using my Nordli hack as a combination dresser / media center in my bedroom. This is a DIY woodworking project that can be as easy or as difficult as you want it to be, and use everything from high-tech CNC machines to hand tools. The only limit is your imagination.
WATCH MY VIDEO FOR THE MATCHING BED: youtu.be/GPihxS3LDAs
The soundwave pattern across the front of my dresser was created using Easel software, and cut out on Inventables’ X-Carve CNC machine at a local maker space. Check out the links below to give easel a try for yourself, pick up an X-Carve for your shop, or find a nearby maker space that has an X-Carve you can use.
The woodworking is pretty straightforward, and can be adapted for woodworkers of all skill levels. I made the drawer fronts out of curly maple lumber. Because the lumber was warped, I had to make a planer jig to flatten them, and then use my table saw to square of the boards for a glue up. I used dowels for the glue-up, and it made things go smoothly. For the dowel joinery, I used a vintage Stanley no. 59 doweling jig. I highly recommend this jig, if you can get your hands on one.
\\ PRODUCTS FOR THE BUILD //
FREE EASEL ACCOUNT: inventables.com/technologies/easel?ref=modustrial
INVENTABLES X-CARVE: inventables.com/technologies/x-carve?ref=modustrial
FIND A MAKER SPACE WITH X-CARVE: goo.gl/FwcQ9h
SOUNDWAVE SVG:
Soundwave by Leinad Lehmko from the Noun Project
thenounproject.com/term/soundwave/112357
Ikea Nordli Dresser: goo.gl/GBBzxZ
DRAWER FINGER PULLS: amzn.to/2OaStg7
WATERLOX FINISH: amzn.to/2Lfo2rf
\\TOOLS//
Planer: amzn.to/2A5YuI0
Cordless Track Saw: amzn.to/2LuE6EV
Table Saw: amzn.to/2A4tQP9
\\ FOLLOW ME//
INSTAGRAM - @modustrialmaker - goo.gl/F4UdEs
BLOG - modustrialmaker.com
#woodworking
#ikeahack
#ikeahacks
#dresser
#diy
#howtomake
#mediacenter
#moderndresser
#cnc
#digitalfabrication
#workshop
This DIY Ikea hack video shows to make your own drawer fronts or doors for the Ikea Nordli dresser. The Ikea Nordli dresser is low-profile, and also makes a great media center – I’m actually going to be using my Nordli hack as a combination dresser / media center in my bedroom. This is a DIY woodworking project that can be as easy or as difficult as you want it to be, and use everything from high-tech CNC machines to hand tools. The only limit is your imagination.
WATCH MY VIDEO FOR THE MATCHING BED: youtu.be/GPihxS3LDAs
The soundwave pattern across the front of my dresser was created using Easel software, and cut out on Inventables’ X-Carve CNC machine at a local maker space. Check out the links below to give easel a try for yourself, pick up an X-Carve for your shop, or find a nearby maker space that has an X-Carve you can use.
The woodworking is pretty straightforward, and can be adapted for woodworkers of all skill levels. I made the drawer fronts out of curly maple lumber. Because the lumber was warped, I had to make a planer jig to flatten them, and then use my table saw to square of the boards for a glue up. I used dowels for the glue-up, and it made things go smoothly. For the dowel joinery, I used a vintage Stanley no. 59 doweling jig. I highly recommend this jig, if you can get your hands on one.
\\ PRODUCTS FOR THE BUILD //
FREE EASEL ACCOUNT: inventables.com/technologies/easel?ref=modustrial
INVENTABLES X-CARVE: inventables.com/technologies/x-carve?ref=modustrial
FIND A MAKER SPACE WITH X-CARVE: goo.gl/FwcQ9h
SOUNDWAVE SVG:
Soundwave by Leinad Lehmko from the Noun Project
thenounproject.com/term/soundwave/112357
Ikea Nordli Dresser: goo.gl/GBBzxZ
DRAWER FINGER PULLS: amzn.to/2OaStg7
WATERLOX FINISH: amzn.to/2Lfo2rf
\\TOOLS//
Planer: amzn.to/2A5YuI0
Cordless Track Saw: amzn.to/2LuE6EV
Table Saw: amzn.to/2A4tQP9
\\ FOLLOW ME//
INSTAGRAM - @modustrialmaker - goo.gl/F4UdEs
BLOG - modustrialmaker.com
#woodworking
#ikeahack
#ikeahacks
#dresser
#diy
#howtomake
#mediacenter
#moderndresser
#cnc
#digitalfabrication
#workshop
