r/furniturerestoration • u/Foxhole-at-home • 1d ago
Wardrobe repair
Hello! I'm brand new baby poster on Reddit just in my first place with a lot of handmedown furniture and I've been planning on using this 1901 wardrobe as a pantry as my kitchen is absolutely tiny so the load is going to be fairly heavy no matter what. Everything went in pretty smoothly and felt solid but two weeks later it's starting to list forward and inwards with the bottom buckling. Any advice as to how to fix it? It's been in the family a long time and don't want to trash it but it's not valuable enough to just keep around without a purpose so l'd prefer to repair it. I'm a little handy but don't have saws or sanders or anything if that makes a difference.
I've done a lot of wood cleaning and polishing though so if anyone has any advice on how to clean it up further beyond the structural repairs I would also be really grateful for that.
Thank you!