You know the piece. The one that you find in an antique store. It looks amazing... on the outside. You go to pull a drawer only to find that it doesn't budge. Hmm... you wiggle a bit, finally get one of the drawers to come out and find that the bottom of the drawer is duct taped in place. So it needs a little more work than you had hoped, but you buy it anyway, because you can see it's going to be worth it. That's the story with this piece, so I thought it was a good opportunity to continue our series on furniture repair. This time it's all about drawer repair. Furniture Repair: How to Replace a Drawer Bottom Step 1. Remove the existing drawer bottom (if there is one). Remove any extra nails, staples, splinters of wood etc. You should be left with a nice groove where the new bottom will fit.