I don’t remember how long ago it was, but many years back I built a custom silverware organizer to fit inside of our drawer. I did it in solid walnut and box-jointed the edges. It has worked well and it makes me happy every time I grab a utensil.
Fast forward to more recent times and we bought new silverware. We went through a lot of options before finally landing on this set and everything was great about it except that the knives were just a tad bit too long for the organizer.
After just ignoring it for too long, I finally took action. The organizer originally had dadoes to hold all the slots in place but thankfully I hadn’t glued those in place. I took out the dividers, sort of filled in some of the dadoes as best I could, made new dividers that were the right size, and then glued and nailed them into place. It was a bit tricky to align everything without the dadoes and there were some mistakes that make me question how long this will stay together, but so far so good! I just repeated the original finish of rattle can lacquer.
