How I make my custom wood bases // furniture flipping // furniture makeover

We've gotten TONS of question about how to make our custom wood base, so today we're sharing in more detail just how we build it!
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[@JustBeingNee]

When I first found your channel I was like OMG her base is amazing! So happy you didn’t hold out on us! You are amazing girl! Love all your content and furniture flips.

[@diywife]

Thank you so much!!

[@rightfromthebible2711]

My wife began refurbishing furniture that has turned into a business for us. Your pieces come out nice. She is involved in a circle of folks that have turned this type of work into a business as well. I get involved in the building/reconstruction/repair aspect of the process. If I may humbly suggest some things that you may have already considered, or not. First - when you make the bases with your legs (which look great!), you may want to consider a corner brace behind each leg for strength when the furniture is slid across the floor. Secondly - when you remove the base around a triple dresser (wider dresser) it may be left with structural issues that will arise over time. The base that touches the ground and likely has added tabs creates support for the entire piece. It will be necessary to add a center leg for support. this can be done by adding the leg to the front or back of your base. You can also purchase an independent one that comes with a plate that will allow easy attachment. Without it there may be and likely will be eventual door and drawer performance issues that will occur over time. Just some food for thought. Congratulations on the success of your business.

[@skrefurbishedinteriors]

I always see pple rip bases off old dressers and slap on a new base but often think there is gonna be structural issues. What if the legs fail? Accidents waiting to happen. Better to buy Legs with braces.

[@km_72]

I’ve honestly never requested anything from any content creator besides reaching out about this base. You guys came through like the champs you are. It’s a risk ‘revealing your secrets’ but I get the feeling it’s not about cutting out the competition for you guys. 🙂 Consistently impressed with you both. Side note - I loved the fact that you guys kept the clips of your son in there. It adds a level of realness and authenticity to your channel. My son is constantly running up to hug my legs as I’m cooking so I completely relate. Thanks again!

[@fiercegirldesign1]

These custom wood bases are pure genius! I've been binging your entire channel over the past week or two, and I've thoroughly enjoyed seeing how you transform everything you touch. I must say, every time I see you use a saw without eye protection, I cringe. Protect your eyes, my dear! Keep up the great transformations! You've got some mad skills!

[@TheLovelyMissBeans]

These dressers are all beautiful. Thanks to you, and all the other brave DIY-ers out there, not only are these beauties getting to become a future heirloom for a whole new generation to love, but they are kept from becoming more landfill waste.

[@rachelforero1555]

You are both so inspirational. Behind every successful woman there is a man lifting her up and supporting her. You guys rock!

[@katiewolfe183]

"Elevate" "rise"...I see what you did there Dean 😆 Thank you for making Andrea a channel. Love seeing her style. Also, love the bloopers too.

[@donavanmcelroy6263]

“Raises it to another level” 😂😂👍

[@honeyharmon6571]

Yes Andrea, your base is such a plus. Your pieces are gorgeous on their own but, the added base detail gives them that rich elegance.

[@anna12910]

These bases really take the furniture pieces into a more midcentury modern realm, which is all the rage right now. looks great, will definitely be incorporating into my next project!

[@yolandasotolopez]

These bases really make the dressers look so good. What a great idea. I have a dresser I love but one of the front legs broke.. (currently resting on a brick) this gave us an idea about just making a new base for it.

[@estherheming8836]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much for showing my husband and I how to do the base... Great Class..

[@lydiakinnaman1106]

How about " Lift ". Simple to the point. Love watching your projects. The added lifts look like was always part of the peice, so well done. Excellent job.

[@SF-ru3lp]

I love all your work Andrea, you styles, colour sense etc. And the base you designed... it's so..."1930s ... modern, unfussy". I love it. I would call it the Andrea Peg Base! G Ire

[@arlettedumais5776]

Wow, I just love your style! This custom base elevates your designs to a new level unlike any other on KZbin. Plus, I love the two of you together! The name and/or description should include words like "handcrafted design". It would definitely get my attention.

[@michellecabasal2963]

Thank you thank you for making a separate tutorial! I absolutely love this and it does make it more modern and stunning! Love saving furniture from the dump 🙏🏼💗😊

[@theresedignard4267]

You are awesome. Hubby gets Max points for creating your channel. You get standing ovation for your work and this great base. Anxious to give it a go. Found your link via Karen Scott. Love seeing that women are rocking this field. Keep the videos coming. Thanks for sharing.

[@KTW3435]

Agreed. The base is well worth the money. Every piece looks soo good

[@kdent865]

Love the base. I actually saw a video of someone using your base design.. and I loved it, so much so.. that I went looking for your channel. Thanks for sharing your talents.

[@diywife]

Ha, that's funny! Thanks for looking for us, glad to have you watching!

[@UnboxGeniusFinds]

I'm a mom that loves to do these kind of things. Finally I found someone like me.

[@mcm.walnuter3479]

The base is a mid-century modern. I've refinished many with this base.

[@AngelaPags]

It’s like a mid century base! Thanks for the tutorial. We tried it tonight on ours. Definitely will take several tries to get it perfect 😬

[@andrea.carr04]

I tried to do this base for the first time and I was so proud when I did and because I’m not an expert YET when I slid the furniture to move it to place the back leg kind of moved 😔 definitely a learning process and next time I will do a lot better with the wood glue/ tighten everything better. I GOT THIS!

[@chelin7023]

Raising the piece of furniture is also practical for cleaning and gives the opportunity of installing lights (soft glow effect). Love your work!

[@thriftyfashionation3321]

Agree! I wanted to add legs to furniture just so I can clean underneath! ❤️

[@ThePlains2ThePNW]

✨Brilliant✨ Thank you for being so generous with your creativity and hard work. It truly is encouraging.

[@tadams7779]

Its all about the Base! LOVE! You are amazing!

[@sooome9294]

I purchased a $5 Dresser and will use this base for the restoration. I want to use a paint that was shown in one of the posts. As soon as I find it. :) I am excited to start my first project.

[@toiat9189]

SWEET! Thank you so much for sharing! These bases turn a good dresser into fabulousness!!👏

[@dixiebagsbydixie7809]

I totally agree adding the bases to your furniture is one thing that helps the piece sell so well. It takes your redo to "another level". It truly turns a nice dresser into a "high end" work of art. So pun intended there's 2 names for you. Andrea's another level base or Andrea's high end foundation. No matter what name you decide to give it just know they look fabulous. Maybe Andrea's fabulous foundation. Ha ha I am going to stop now.

[@djsabin9346]

In my notes... I titled the base... "Andrea's Base". The shape may exist in the furniture world but I'm using Andrea's measurements, product advice & techniques. Tyvm- You are an inspiration

[@cookiegamer2017]

This is so awesome! The furniture and the loving husband making a channel for his wife

[@CookieZ3353]

Awesome! What I think is missing from these furniture flip videos is the concept sketch on paper. Sketch it on paper first and let that be a roadmap for your project. Glad for you that you can make money doing what you love. I for one am searching for that very thing.

[@TheCreativeVictor]

The Audrey Base. 👊❤️

[@conniepsomas6815]

I am in love with your wood base...I think the name should be THE DREA BASE...I'm obsessed, can't wait to try it...It can be eligent or casual depending on the piece...🥰

[@ChristmasHGTV]

I found the identical dresser you made over in black! Would like to post when I am done. Thanks so much for the instructions. Keep ‘em coming!

[@diywife]

Oh that's so fun! I would love to see!

[@aot9644]

Thank you for sharing with us how you made the base. Great tutorial.

[@sueeparra7454]

Andreas Base....love this creative original design!

[@bobbiecoe5042]

LOVE your channel! Dad helped me build my 1st base today...looks just like yours and am quite proud of myself. Thank you!

[@catcar8212]

Hey Andrea...... Is it the "Andrea Base" yet? It's very generous of you both to share this how-to with us. It really is special.🌷🌷

[@diywife]

Ha I don't think we ever really landed on an official name, but we're happy to share!

[@TheCreativeVictor]

Just in time for my dresser upgrade! Thank you for sharing. 😍

[@crich83baby]

Mine, too!

[@andreagorham1985]

The wood base totally updates each piece! Thanks for the tutorial

[@kklunker]

Thanks so much for sharing your ideas and plans. WOW! We are all so LUCKY 🍀. Can’t wait to make one of these. Love your all your videos! I love watching other woman rock power tools!! You have them mastered, go girl!!

[@joflipsit]

Thank you guys so much for creating this base and sharing it with the rest of us. I don't own a saw yet, but I am planning on getting one soon and this will be one of the very first things I make with it! Truly thanks for sharing.

[@NatTayHill]

Pure genius. This makes a world of difference!

[@afshanahmed8762]

Love your content. You guys are so talented! This base is next level. I’m swooning over it.

[@lifeorliberty3086]

This looks very nice. I would like to try this. I'm trying to find something fun and something I'm good at to combat my depression. It was karate but I'm having some health problems so I can't do that anymore. Figured I'd try woodworking. Thank you for this interesting video.

[@ChannelOneTelevision]

All about that base 😆👍🏾

[@diywife]

Haha that's what I keep telling Dean... I want a shirt with that on it lol!

[@conniesisco6468]

@@diywife You totally need that shirt!

[@merarisepulveda2990]

I was thing this too 😹

[@mandybewkes5300]

You are so talented. The base definitely make the furniture more beautiful.

[@diywife]

Thank you so much!

[@gracesheldon6583]

I love the new base you add on to some of your projects 😊

[@jenjen7558]

Love! Love! Love! Sooo beautifully done.💗 May God richly bless you and your precious family.🕊🙏

[@cathyknapp9360]

What a beautiful job you do I just love watching all your DIYs the basis that you've put in are gorgeous thank you so much for sharing have a great day and God bless

[@RefurbishedGentlemanTelevision]

Just wanted to drop a quick thank you for the video! Used it today and was perfect! Followed the steps exactly and loving the final result. Tried to find ya on FB and IG to tag and say thx but couldn’t find ya there… I did let folks know where I learned it and shared the link to both tho 👊 Have a blessed day 🙏

[@kdiellie283]

Your style is so amazing! So encouraging watching this!

[@stephaniescreationsllc]

Thank you. This took a dresser I built to a different level!

[@debraneria4242]

Awww thank you Andrea and Hubby....this Helped Soooooo much...may god continue to bless you both and family.....just love ur videos and silly hubby haha .🤗🎨🖌️❣️❣️

[@gildamolinar5155]

I was so hoping you would make a video about this. Thank you.

[@vickycarroll5884]

Thank you. This base is amazing and really upscales the pieces. Girl you rock

[@blacksheephouse]

Such a great base and video! Love this 👏

[@cindyannefontenot]

Very nice! Just wanted to watch again since I saw Furniture Flip Teacher adding a base to one of her pieces. She had splitting wood and was wondering where she went wrong so I wanted to come see to compare.

[@mascottie]

I think this has actually been coined the DIY Wife Base!

[@esthermarin326]

Thank you for that tutorial I was wondering how Andrea did that she's the great artists and inventing that stand. I super love the one in the restroom that one looks super cool.

[@lydiakinnaman1106]

Everything sooooo beautiful.

[@macleodsfreemery1846]

Badum-chhhh! (That was a drum sound because of your joke...."this base is one of the things that has allowed us to elevate the pieces"...lol). I JUST found you guys (literally just finished commenting on your "1 month of furniture flipping challenge" video)...I am so pumped! I will be binge watching your channel today 💕

[@diywife]

Ha, I laugh a little every time I hear Dean say that still. Glad to have you watching!!

[@salvagedbykscott]

I definitely need to give this a try! Fantastic style Andrea 🖤

[@diywife]

I'd love to see that!! I've been binge watching your videos over here lately, SO much great work!!

[@salvagedbykscott]

@@diywife awe, thank you! Shoot me a DM on IG or Facebook and we can talk shop 😉

[@monbutton]

It's a great idea. Thank you for sharing. I tried it and everything went very well until I tried to assemble it. Joining hardwood pieces is deceptively difficult, especially the legs to the long side. I will keep trying since i can see how gorgeous the base is.

[@donnawheaton7330]

I haven't tried it yet, so appreciate your honesty!

[@sylviedubois6144]

WoW! Thank a lot for teaching how to do this base! I’ll do. 👍

[@lindashadow3260]

Big hello from Australia 🇦🇺 I just found your channel ❤️Thank you so much for sharing all your fabulous ideas 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟. I love the base 👌🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@cherylmarner8622]

Wow the base adds so much!!!

[@allham01]

Nice clean idea.😁

[@kellimartinez3078]

Thank you for making this! This base is so good! I definitely want to give this a try on a similar furniture piece.

[@rachellevandruff6576]

I’m so excited to see this process. I feel like there is a table saw purchase in my future. Thank you for sharing!

[@hawaiithomson]

At Lowe’s, I just paid $28 for the 2x2 and $40 for 2 - 1x3x8. For a five foot dresser I estimate my actual cost will be $50 plus screws. I plan to modify this design by making two angle cuts on each leg and setting back the 1x3 a quarter inch to create a small shadow reveal.

[@donnawheaton7330]

geez! I was hyped about the whole idea, but had no idea the cost for the base would be $50 :(

[@kathymancha4510]

Love you guys! Thank you for sharing this.

[@MakerBeach]

Great job. It really does add a lot to the finished piece! And it's so simple to make. Keep up the great work!

[@elliw.]

As someone who lives in a country that uses centimetres instead of inches this tutorial was quite a challenge. 😂 Thanks for this amazing video. I will try to build a base for a dresser that I was going to flip.

[@diywife]

Lol!! Really you’ll just measure specific to yourself piece and the wood you use so hopefully it’s not too confusing when you actually try it out!

[@donnawheaton7330]

Thank you so much for your GENEROSITY in sharing your "how to build"! I absolutely LOVE all your video's, but this one in particular is superb!! Question: Would you recommend (for a newbie like me) doing a "practice build" with pine, before proceeding to build one with Red Oak? I'm thinking it would be a LOT less costly to screw up with Pine... Appreciate your thoughts on that! Thank you again for your generosity in sharing this, as well as all your other inspiring techniques. DIY Wife, you ROCK!

[@ritajandj777]

The AnDREAbase with accent on DREA so it sounds like it one word and not just her name. Such a cool idea.

[@nancyking7739]

Beautiful work!! Smart Lady!

[@pgetti6]

I love this Idea.. Thank you for sharing

[@amandajones8787]

It's all about the base! Just leaving a name that I thought would be cute. Great tutorial, thanks for sharing!

[@1kawaii12]

Thanks so much for sharing this! I always loved your bases and have been wanting to make one myself! Keep up the great videos!!

[@karenhobson5277]

#DIYWIFE I think you should call the base a ‘dance en pointe’ base as the feet remind me of a ballet dancer on her toes

[@diywife]

Ok now I can't NOT see that haha

[@karenhobson5277]

@@diywife sorry - just think about the beauty of it 💖

[@karenhobson5277]

@@diywife just imagine pitching that to all those ballet loving folk/customers. I imagine as we say in UK 🇬🇧 they’re minted (rich) 😂

[@heidilynnfalk]

This is super helpful - thank you! I love this look! Fantastic work, as always!!! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

[@susancovington7947]

Thank you thank you!! Your videos are so very helpful and inspiring!

[@diywife]

Yay, that's a goal of ours! Thanks for watching :)

[@caymclean]

love this base

[@nataliyaslone4208]

Thank you for sharing this tutorial 🤗

[@susantaylor1607]

These bases are beautiful, thank you so much for your generous tutorial. Quick question. You mentioned you like to build the new base about 1/4 inch shorter than the piece. So that is 1/8 on each side or 1/4 inch on each side?

[@BRTardiff]

Hi! I stumbled upon your video looking for various base ideas. Nice job. It really adds a lot to those pieces. Do yourself a huge favor and make a quick tapering jig for your miter saw. You can clamp it to your fence and make those repeatable leg tapers much easier and safer.

[@diywife]

Thanks!! Ha yes that’s been on my list of things to do (make the jig), I’m wanting to make some variations on this base where my angles will need to be exact and will definitely need it then! I hesitated even sharing how I was making these because I know it’s not technically the correct way and if you’re not careful, not the safest 😅

[@BRTardiff]

@@diywife Lol. I’ve made plenty of cuts the way you show in the video. We all have... but, I always feel better when a jig is clamped to the fence and the work piece is clamped to the jig. Hands free! 😃

[@gioenlacocina]

I was waiting for this! Thanks I love the video

[@dauriagroux-holt4028]

You guys are amazing!

[@dankjungle]

Diy wife is one rad woman!

[@evertsona]

I really like this base and want to make one. I had to remove the whole base and there is not much left to screw the new base to. Can you recommend a solution to ensure the base it attached securely? Should I add a sheet of wood to the bottom or something similar? Thanks

[@TheRealPimmer]

legend! im going to start making these this week!

[@jeffdavis6693]

Have you thought of doing a wood burn on these bases? Maybe to give you a little bit of variety? Just a thought...

[@diywife]

I haven't, I'll keep that in mind!

[@SF-ru3lp]

I smiled, Dean, at your phrase "I think it (the base) raises the dresser to a new height"....😄 G Ire

[@evelinmartinez8439]

Thank you so much

[@kerirecabarren4729]

I love this woman! 😍. I'll definitely try this.

[@brendaweaver6398]

Wow! Super impressive.

[@rubygoldrestyledfurniture1937]

Thank you so much For sharing ❤️

[@meganesposito3013]

Great video! I’ve really enjoyed your content and learned a lot. I’m finishing up my first flipped piece. 🙂

[@diywife]

Yay good for you!! Now I'm just brainstorming a way to see everyone's flipped pieces haha, I would love to see!

[@meganesposito3013]

@@diywife Are you guys on IG? Thanks so much for the encouragement! I sold my piece today and made $200 profit. I’m completely hooked!! 😁

[@lisapurcell4212]

Wondering if you've ever tried adding a base like this to a sofa? Love the look!!

[@haddydee1366]

I want to know the same thing! My sofa sits too low. I feel like more legs or support is needed for a sofa though.