A front construction (1) for drawers, particularly for pharmacy chests of drawers and the like, comprises a first shaped element (2), to be associated with a front zone of a drawer body (3), and adapted to removably engage therein a second decorative element (4), said first shaped element (2) being substantially rigid and said second decorative element (4) being elastically deformable to be engaged in coupling means (5, 6) formed in the first shaped element (2).