DIY: (Not So) Easy Silverware Drawer Insert - Gardenista
You’re not scared of a little challenge, are you? When you reach the end of this story, you will realize I actually completed about 90 percent of the work. To finish the project, I need your help. Photographs by Michelle Slatalla. Every drawer is a different size, and every silverware pattern is unique. The reason to use treated silvercloth rather than regular old felt, according to the people at Nancy Silver, is that it “is made of 100 percent cotton flannel using dyes that contain no acid... ...sulfur, or salts. Silver Cloth is impregnated with materials that absorb tarnishing gasses before they can react with the surface of your silver or jewelry.” Do not wash silver cloth or get it wet, or it will lose its effectiveness. After measuring your drawer, you will use an Exacto knife to cut five pieces of foam board to form a base and four side pieces. All four of the side pieces should be 3/8 inch shorter than the height of your drawer. Wrap the foam pieces individually as if you were wrapping five flat gifts. Cut fabric as if it were gift wrap, and fold it tightly around the foam pieces. To make a custom knife drawer, cut two additional pieces of foam to fit snugly on top of the base and wrap them with fabric. After the foam pieces dry, you can slide knifes between the two layers. Assemble silverware drawer inserts by fitting the foam pieces snugly against each other inside your drawer. Then: wonder to yourself how you are going to make dividers to keep your different types of silverware (R) from getting all jumbled and messy inside the drawer. OK, I am still thinking about it (two days later). Do you have any ideas about how to make the dividers?