How do you make a leather dresser pull?

How to make DIY leather handles and drawer pulls

1. Step 1: cut your leather. Cut off the bottom and top edges of your leather to remove the rounded corners.
2. Step 2: glue your leather.
3. STEP 3: cut to the right length.
4. Step 4: add screw posts.
5. Step 5: install your handles.

Can you make your own drawer pulls?

Making your drawer pulls will save you a lot of money and give your furniture piece a high-end designer look. You can make your own designer drawer pulls with jewelry, nails, belts, and even shower hooks.

How do you decorate drawer handles?

Start by painting the drawer pulls in a color that matches the rest of the room’s decor. Once they are dry, select the paper image that you’d like to place on the pull and cut it out. For a more decorative look, cut the paper using scissors with a decorative edge, such as scalloped or zigzag.

How do you secure leather to wood?

Any white or yellow wood glue will bond most raw leather to wood, Dudley. According to technical specialist Dale Zimmerman at Franklin International, that company’s original Titebond glue once was used to connect the ends of leather drive belts for heavy machinery in factories.

Is there a glue for leather?

The best leather glue is the Tandy Leather Eco-Flo Leather Weld adhesive. It is water-based, low V.O.C., and relatively strong for most applications. The best leather cement is Barge All-Purpose Cement. It is waterproof, dries quickly, and will essentially bond leather together permanently.

How to make DIY leather handles and drawer pulls?

Cut your leather handles down to size. Using your rotary hole punch, punch a hole on either end of your leather strap. Use the largest hole punch setting. Put a screw post into each hole. Time to attach your DIY leather handles to their cabinet or drawer front!

Is it possible to make leather cabinet pulls?

Click through to learn how to make leather cabinet pulls in just a few minutes. Are DIY drawer pulls budget friendly? Yes! Assuming you have the other supplies already (hole punch, rotary cutter, and straight edge), the cost of these cabinet pulls is super reasonable.

What’s the best way to cut leather handles?

We first ran the leather (soft side facing down) through our paper trimmer. This resulted in a perfectly straight “scoring” line that we could use as a guide to cut with scissors. Unfortunately, the leather is too thick to use the paper trimmer to cut all the way through.