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How do you get the new wood smell out of dresser drawers?
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Try putting dryer sheets in the drawers.

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Personally, the aroma of wood is quite satisfying, but if you wish, the above mentioned dryer sheets works great. Also, fragranced soap bars or drawer liners work effectively as well.

Perhaps if you don't like the smell of new wood you shouldn't buy a new wood dresser. Perhaps you could find a used one at a flea market.

By new wood smell, do you mean the chemical off-gassing from the glues in plywood/particle-board furniture? If so, the lighter-weight, but more expensive, real wood dresser might be a better bet. Off-gassing can take a year or more to diminish beyond noticeable smells. This is why the people displaced by Hurricane Katrina who are living in brand new mobile homes now have lung problems.

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