How to Build Under Stair Storage Drawers

This project will help you get some extra storage under a typically unused space. Follow these steps for how to build under stair storage drawers.
Learn more about how to build under stair storage drawers at: www.familyhandyman.com/projec...
0:01 - 0:33 Under Stairs Storage Drawers
0:34 - 1:01 Step #1: Open the Wall
1:01 - 2:20 Step #2: Reframe the Wall Opening
2:01 - 2:56 Step #3: Install the Drawer Slides
2:57 - 2:44 Step #4: Make a Plywood Template
2:45 - 4:20 Step #5: Assemble Drawer Boxes
4:21 - 5:16 Step #6: Install Drawer Faces
5:17 - 5:57 Step #7: Install Push Latches
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[@PhilR0gers]

I've been planning shelves with doors under the stairs, but I think the drawer idea works better because you can then access the full depth of the space. This construction is simple, and works well. Thanks. My space is the full height of a 16-stair flight, so I'll probably divide it up into smaller sections.

[@bentaye]

My wife got very excited about this, now I have to do it

[@cyphi1]

lol

[@abishsings]

Wow, it looks great and so useful. You have skills and made it look so easy. Wish you lived close by and would do the work for me.

[@daveloz1]

This guy has amazing skills I really want this under my stairs it looks amazing.

[@Matt-uj6jm]

Thank you from Scotland 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Neo-mw1pp]

Love it! Great Job! 👌

[@RingoWild]

Ah, you make it look so easy. Thanks for all of the good little tips!

[@pigsfromagun4050]

Super project made easy thanks man ,😀👍

[@HENRY-THX]

Great idea. Thanks for this video.

[@conorhulgraine]

looks amazing

[@rickvelazquez3487]

AWESOME JOB 👍🏽

[@jahzah3934]

Love this idea! I just need to find someone to do this for me

[@conrad7687]

Awesome work!!

[@rosstga]

Thank you from New Zealand TGA

[@pikubird]

You did an amazing job

[@naturallycurlymama5344]

I hope I can get mine to look this nice

[@craigmcfly]

I wish I had the guts to tackle that myself! It looks amazing!

[@EndUser-yu7gg]

Anything's possible to DIY don't expect it to be finished in a weekend if you fitting it into family life.. just make sure the significant other understands it'll be messy ... Once I showed the ideas of the space to the Mrs and the potential she was all in ... You'd be surprised what contractor who built your place didn't clean out if that spot ... Mine was a mess but given other things I have run into with our house I wasn't surprised

[@DIYBuilt]

Very nice use of dead space, It turned out amazing, thanks

[@soarebv]

Nice

[@stevecurry5797]

Thats bad ass

[@mim2046]

You are leaving out sooooo much info on how this is done. This is much more complicated than you're leading people to believe. I am a 29 year veteran in the high end, custom woodworking business, and have been self-employed in this business for 23 years.

[@Daniel-Supreme]

Shots fired 👀

[@enriquesierra6647]

Thi's a foking amazing job man

[@jeffmcmillan945]

Can you describe which push latches you used and where to get them. It's not included in your list of materials needed in the link you have. Thanks, and great video.

[@tomaszczerniachowicz8665]

What size screws did you use to hold the heavy duty runners?

[@zoraz4867]

I at first thought Stev-o had turned DIY!! 😀

[@rachelsmith7987]

Where did you purchase the drawer slides and self openers ?

[@pigsfromagun4050]

How many 8 x4 sheets did you use for cabinets Cheers.

[@bikerbobcat]

I have 2 sets of stairs that I'm considering this kind of storage. Where do you recommend procuring drawer slides? 500lb capacity would give me peace of mind.

[@westy3783]

Close your eyes and it’s Steve-O giving you carpentry advice.

[@johanckotze]

great job. Please let me know the specification of the drawer runners you use? I reside in the UK, so will have to source it here. Many thanks

[@thefamilyhandyman]

Hi Johan, you can get more information about the project here: www.familyhandyman.com/project/under-stairs-storage/

[@johanckotze]

Thanks, I looked at the additional information, but you don’t specifically say which sliders is used: “ 34-in. Extra Heavy Duty drawer slides (500 lb.)-3 pr.”

[@mightylion3697]

how much would you charge to do this work and how long would it take you to complete?

[@scottborder1949]

If the slides didn’t come apart how did he get screws into the side of the drawer closest to the wall?

[@mr.wizeguy8995]

It need to screw for drawer first then extend slide to full length and screw it to wall by crouching behind drawer from previous opening.

[@mukhlishrivani8718]

Ma pop up up pplo ok

[@csimet]

I've got the best under stairs storage system... another set of stairs that leads to a basement. 😝 99.9% of all homes up north have basements and builders stack stairs.

[@mrsgonzalves]

Don’t the stairs creek without the studs?

[@mansurshah9015]

How you built the doors?

[@about2flip]

Wait! you didn't really show how you built the carcass of what the drawers sit in. Like you skipped a whole lesson. I have those same heavy duty slides, but not sure how to frame out the base. How did you do that?

[@tjbrewster5]

Exactly what I was thinking. You showed the easy stiff that is basically self explanatory. I’m wanting to know how you built the actual drawer and how it is attached to the rails.

[@zacharydeshawn5703]

Instablaster.

[@captainawesome8632]

Reminds me of Homer Simpson watching Troy McClure instructional video for drywall. Rushed and missed whole sections of the process.

[@jonnawyatt]

😄

[@philrobertsmusic]

You live close to Miami ? Lol

[@ZM-eg8nr]

Ese es el espacios que tiene

[@oprea1985]

Like a walk in the park 😂😂😂

[@user-zg6ho9lp8u]

Какя фурнитура выдвижных ящиков используется?

[@slicknfynest]

What Color is on the wall

[@ZM-eg8nr]

Pero para que si siempre biene y sabé todo

[@MissMelissaD]

How would someone be able to build a drawer unit UNDER the stairs without disturbing any walls?

[@nicklk]

You sound exactly like Mike Berner (the other host) LOL

[@combsjboyvirgo]

This not so detailed video is not for Amateur wood workers

[@Paradiselve7]

Can you just come do this for me 🤣

[@vinnybarbs]

Hey man are you going to show the end result? Cool from the exterior but cmon

[@NenzelMUSIC]

Here are some doors I made earlier…..

[@keithwaterhouse5803]

Skipped quite a bit lol ...looked well finished but left our way 2 much information lol

[@ellencowie8]

Agree, fitting to runners is a huge part of it and I'm still none the wise lol

[@dingerness]

Interesting. All that and he didn't show the finished product pulled out.

[@ZM-eg8nr]

Si quiere una foto te las mando

[@helenachase5627]

Definitely not a beginner project

[@estorilblu]

Didn't show us the draws working at the end? What they looked like inside disappointed

[@peterculkin1045]

Why not use box as drawer front and just put trim on box itself?

[@neilbarnett3046]

So easy when your house is made of cardboard and sticks. Come here and try it on "engineering" bricks (the ones that are harder than stone).

[@andyzimm3002]

So it’s cool to remove the supporting studs for the stairs? Seems like you’re not supposed to do that.

[@bigsocks2479]

They're there for the plasterboard not the stairs ;)

[@mattysmith83]

They are not supporting the stairs! Just like stud walls don't support upstairs.

[@carlsimpson393]

Think before you speak

[@MatSmithLondon]

@@carlsimpson393steady on. He was just asking a question.

[@jameshopkins8386]

Use your brain before you open your mouth please

[@TheAmerrauf]

It’s defo not a diy job for me.

[@bradpittbutcooler5462]

why it's so fucked up at the bottom?

[@nataliayakarelina7534]

I like the idea, but some parts of building are missed in this video, which makes me not 100% like this video

[@user-gy8ch1zi9h]

Ngomong opo cok

[@daikhiahmed9507]

£500 🤣🤣🤣 mad it from gold

[@gieseb83]

It’s not Andy retiring, it’s the Chiefs forcing him out. Patrick’s legacy will grow greater than Andy Reid’s. With that being stated one must go. Patrick doesn’t want the Tom Brady/Bill Belichick conversation. He will do it with a new coach and therefore I won’t look like such a conspiracy theorist with this comment.

[@swannyburger5866]

Not really a “how to” video. Lol.

[@mikecrook8434]

Why didn't you show the finished project with the drawers opened? Under-stair storage is the point of the video. Why didn't that occur to you?

[@shannanschisler9577]

Stodoys Blueprints has some very useful blueprints with all the details you need.