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AIBU that I will get this draw open!!!!!! Even if the knob has come off

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Sickoffamilydrama · 14/01/2022 22:10

I now remember why I've never used this fucking thing handcrafted piece of art it's lovely to look at but it's taunting me.

The stupid knob has fallen off and I can't slide anything into the sides, I've shaken it upside down and that hasn't worked but MN I will get this draw open!

It's sat in my bedroom taunting me and I can't have that! So help me.

So AIBU that I will beat this thing and get it open?

AIBU that I will get this draw open!!!!!! Even if the knob has come off
AIBU that I will get this draw open!!!!!! Even if the knob has come off
AIBU that I will get this draw open!!!!!! Even if the knob has come off
OP posts:
hopeishere · 14/01/2022 22:11

Where is the drawer? It's hard to tell.

CiaoForDiNiaoSaur · 14/01/2022 22:12

Is there a hole where the knob should be? If so screw a small screw in to the hole, just enough to hold.

Or superglue a new knob on

Sideswiped · 14/01/2022 22:13

The bottom one?
Do you have any suction hooks / suction cups for fitting lightbulbs around? They might help.
Good luck!

Sickoffamilydrama · 14/01/2022 22:14

@hopeishere

Where is the drawer? It's hard to tell.
Exactly it fits so well a little to well it's at the bottom, the knob in the picture is the centre of the CF draw. It has 3 draws.
OP posts:
Puffalicious · 14/01/2022 22:15

It's a drawer!!!! Perhaps if you call it by its correct name it'll open for you.

Toottooot · 14/01/2022 22:15

DRAWER

ThirdElephant · 14/01/2022 22:15

@hopeishere

Where is the drawer? It's hard to tell.
This. It's quite difficult to see the drawer.
WeAreTheHeroes · 14/01/2022 22:16

I doubt that'll do the trick, but get where you're coming from.

Happylittlethoughts · 14/01/2022 22:16

Sorry 🤣yabu because it's a drawer

toldgoodDog · 14/01/2022 22:17

Yeah deffo yabu for calling it a draw.
And usung "to" instead of "too well"

toldgoodDog · 14/01/2022 22:18

Usung 😂 I mean, how ironic . Using

SmellyOldOwls · 14/01/2022 22:19

@Toottooot

DRAWER
Thank you 🤣
MrsPepperPot2022 · 14/01/2022 22:19

For goodness sake it’s a DRAWER!! Why do people insist on saying draw?

Toottooot · 14/01/2022 22:20

@MrsPepperPot2022

For goodness sake it’s a DRAWER!! Why do people insist on saying draw?
At least it wasn’t described as a chester draws 🤣🤣
Sickoffamilydrama · 14/01/2022 22:21

Whoops in fairness I do have dyslexia but normally okay with standard words maybe that's why it's pissed off I've been calling it the wrong name 🤣

The screw idea is good and might work. It is giving me the rage! Don't think I have any small enough suction cups.

OP posts:
MondeoFan · 14/01/2022 22:21

@MrsPepperPot2022 I think it's because they genuinely think that's how it's spelt. 70% of the population seem to not know how to spell it correctly. I see "draws" for sale all the time. Or dressing table with "draw"

StoneofDestiny · 14/01/2022 22:21

So many adverts on Marketplace selling sets of draws 😱.
Repeat - Drawers, Drawers, Drawers.

StoneofDestiny · 14/01/2022 22:22

Half the country calls the Draws - no idea why.

BlackeyedSusan · 14/01/2022 22:24

Talc. It's a lubricant. Rub into gap.

Sickoffamilydrama · 14/01/2022 22:24

At least it wasn’t described as a chester draws i am not a philistine thank you very much 🤣 just sometimes get similar sounding words muddled like Their and there, where and were, Brain and Brian

OP posts:
JustJoinedRightNow · 14/01/2022 22:26

OP is there something in it you need? If not, I would admit defeat on this one and get rid of it!

Sickoffamilydrama · 14/01/2022 22:30

@JustJoinedRightNow

OP is there something in it you need? If not, I would admit defeat on this one and get rid of it!
No there isn't although I haven't opened in years and I does have something in it... possibly treasure although more likely a safety pin or hair clip.

I might threaten it with burning on the wood burner see if that teaches it!

OP posts:
2catsandhappy · 14/01/2022 22:36

Put in a long screw or old fashioned wine bottle corkscrew in the hole left by the knob.

MrsMoastyToasty · 14/01/2022 22:38

@StoneofDestiny

So many adverts on Marketplace selling sets of draws 😱. Repeat - Drawers, Drawers, Drawers.
Unless you are in Bristol then it's a drawl.
Elieza · 14/01/2022 22:40

Can you use a bit of stout wire?

Bend into a w shape with the middle top point of the w much longer as it’s the ‘handle’.

The two side bits should be wider than the hole so they have to be squeezed fully through the whole hole and will pop out inside the drawer out of sight while you’re holding onto the ‘handle’

The prongs should splay out and hopefully nudge the drawer out when you pull the handle.

If it doesn’t work it should just pull out again.

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