Q. On an antique set of drawers, the bottom of the lowest drawer has bowed downward. This is a separate sheet of wood. The body is flamed maple, handmade by my great-great-grandfather, a cabinetmaker.

I have no idea when or how the bottom of this drawer broke, but it was missing when I got the desk for free off of Craigslist three years ago. And I've been dragging my feet on fixing it ever since.

You're in a rush for work and reach for your favorite trousers you meticulously folded on laundry day, only to find the drawer isn't cooperating with you. Normal pressure isn't enough to make it budge ...

Wooden drawers that get stuck easily are a nightmare, whether that's an old dresser drawer or the one in the kitchen you use to store utensils. Not only is it a daily annoyance when you try to access ...

Q. The fronts of our kitchen drawers are pulling away from the edges of the drawers, and we cannot figure out how to tighten them. The drawers have a “Cellini” label on them, but I can’t find a ...

I have no idea when or how the bottom of this drawer broke, but it was missing when I got the desk for free off of Craigslist three years ago. And I've been dragging my feet on fixing it ever since.

Less-period-correct repair methods, involving screws, brackets, and other hardware, do exist. But all of them still seem to require getting that drawer bottom back in the bottom dado. If I could do ...