When we found out my Wife was pregnant with Gavin, we
immediately started his nursery. We
looked for a long time for a dresser that was the right style, width, height,
and cost to use as a changing pad. We
even bought one from Ikea and had it assembled and set up in his room for a
couple of weeks until our crib showed up with a slightly different shade of
white. Apparently Ikea white is not
white.
Frustrated with furniture shopping I decided to tackle my
first real furniture build. We were
doing a motorcycle/garage/workshop theme nursery so I decided to make the
hybrid dresser changing table look like a workbench. To finish off the look we added black plastic
pegboard panels above it and hung pegboard baskets and toy tools.
The construction was done using clear pine boards and stain
grade pine plywood. All joints are
simple but joints held together with pocket-hole screws. This was the first time I’d used a kreg
pocket hole jig and I can honestly say it’s my favorite woodworking tool.
The changing pad frame is removable so that when Gavin gets past the diaper stage, we can just use the piece as dresser
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