How to open a stuck drawer?

My daughter has a bed that has four drawers on the sides, and unfortunately one has gotten stuck. I've tried opening the drawer with a crowbar and attempted once more with a paint scraper, and yet this drawer is still damn stuck.

I have no access to the sides of the drawer or the back, and I can't flip the bed over as it's built into the wall. I believe something may have gotten stuck, probably her airpods as she hasn't used them as the drawer got jammed and gets defensive whenever I ask where they are.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can open this drawer? I really don't want to have to destroy the wall or the drawer itself. I'll link an image of the front of the drawer so you can see what kind it is.

Thanks in advance.

image of the drawer →

I'd try to go in from above rather than denting the wood. What's the mattress resting on? Are all the drawers sitting in fully enclosed compartments or can you remove the adjacent drawer and reach the inside of the stuck drawer that way? It really doesn't matter what's stuck. It can happen so easily, especially with children.

Is there any opening at all, either from the adjacent drawers. If there's no opening then it's going to be almost impossible to open it without breaking it.

Have you tried removing the drawers next to it to see if you can remove what's obstructing the track.

Can you move it at all. If it can move a little bit, try moving it back and forth as hard and fast as you can to see if you can dislodge what's stuck. What you want to do is cause as much shake as you can so that hopefully it jumps out and drops to the floor.

Try lifting up the mattress and seeing if you can access it from the top.

Usually, these beds can be disassembled. Remove the mattress. This reveals the platform of the bed -- wood, or strand board, or whatever it is. A serious screwdriver can then remove the wood [mine has two half sheets, so remove the side where the drawer is] -- this reveals the drawer and you can then see and correct the jam.

The front of the drawer looks like there's a sufficient gap around it so that the drawer itself isn't binding. More like something inside is jamming it closed? I would start by exploring other ways into the drawer. If you remove the mattress, there should be either a plywood sheet or slats. Try removing them to get access to the drawer from the top. If there's a drawer to either side, try removing them and see if you can reach into the stuck drawer from the side. Or manipulate it from behind.

If it's really something binding, try something longer than a putty knife. Maybe a flat cookie sheet (the ones without sides) Try slipping that through the space at the top to see if you can manipulate the object that's binding up.

If you feel the drawer is stuck because it's too tight to slide, it may be that the wood has swollen up due to high humidity. The cure for that it to get the humidity level down. Get a de-humidifier, set it on high, and wait a week or so for the wood to lose some moisture.

It's really hard to know without being there which is the cause… But one or the other of those solutions should get you inside.

Turn the furniture on its back to move everything away from the front. Shake the drawer real hard and try to cause the junk inside to move around. Stick a putty knife in the crack and push anything back. Or a long kitchen knife. If that is not it, look for screws that hold things together. The top attaches someway, try to take it off. If that doesn't work, go into it from the back. It comes off and you can get access to the drawer.