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<p>[QUOTE="stocker08, post: 3721043, member: 16884"]So I believe I am finished (for now). I completely removed the back. The wood was destroyed. I plan to replace it with a removable back....probably held in by U brackets or something similar. Still plan on adding shelves. There were none in the top portion of the chest when I got it....but clearly there were at one point. The sliding wood pieces below the drawers each had like slat shelving behind them. Not really practical so I plan to cut some solid pieces to fit in there as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>Would really need a lot of work as far as replacing pieces of wood to restore it further. The drawers are pretty warped and just in poor shape all around. I think that would be something that I'll look to do at some point.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for all the help folks.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/IblWVcR.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/rZA53HE.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/WfiPeK8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/eVKaEsD.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/xPzr4FH.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/xBJiAtP.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/4Fi1oEI.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stocker08, post: 3721043, member: 16884"]So I believe I am finished (for now). I completely removed the back. The wood was destroyed. I plan to replace it with a removable back....probably held in by U brackets or something similar. Still plan on adding shelves. There were none in the top portion of the chest when I got it....but clearly there were at one point. The sliding wood pieces below the drawers each had like slat shelving behind them. Not really practical so I plan to cut some solid pieces to fit in there as well. Would really need a lot of work as far as replacing pieces of wood to restore it further. The drawers are pretty warped and just in poor shape all around. I think that would be something that I'll look to do at some point. Thanks for all the help folks. [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/IblWVcR.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/rZA53HE.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/WfiPeK8.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/eVKaEsD.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/xPzr4FH.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/xBJiAtP.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/4Fi1oEI.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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