While building some drawers for added storage under my workbench, I ran out of the 1⁄ 4" hardboard I normally use for the drawer bottoms. Looking around the shop for a suitable substitute, I found some 1⁄ 4" pegboard. It seemed sturdy enough for my purposes, so that’s what I used.
The pegboard had a white melamine surface on it. It helps “lighten up” the inside of the drawers and it’s easier to keep clean. But there’s another big advantage with pegboard. You can make use of the holes by adding dividers for the drawers. This helps keep things organized.
On shallow drawers, you can simply use 1⁄ 4"-dia. dowels on the bottom of the partitions to locate them in the holes. On deeper drawers, I’ve found that #8 x 3⁄ 4" roundhead woodscrews work perfectly to fasten them.
