Today I want to show you what I did to this ugly, boxy nightstand to make it more feminine and pretty. It was in really rough shape but I liked the design of the stand. We bought it as part of a bedroom set last year. The dresser and the chest sold right away. I couldn’t give this night stand away. I tried, I really did! If someone had offered it to me free, I’m not sure I would have taken it!
But once I brought it home and looked at it, I decided there was a second life in it. It’s pretty now, don’t you think? It looks lacey! Let me tell you how I did it…..
First we took the door off. The door is one door tho it looks like two. We painted the carcass Country White. We set it aside to dry while I worked on the door.
See how chipped the door was. It had two door pulls on it that were nice but I decided to go with the little round pulls.
I took the door pulls off and filled the holes with wood filler, sanded it when it was dry.
First I gave the door one coat of paint. I did this because I was decorating it with washers and unless you are spray painting it, it’s hard to get the paint down in the grooves.
Then using a glue gun, I glued the washers in the pattern I choose. It didn’t take as long as it looks. A few burnt fingers later, I was done.
I then painted over the washers.
It looked pretty neat just this way, but I wanted a distressed look so I took a sander to the night stand after reattaching the doors.
I took some brown paint that I had and thinned it with water to make the glaze. I painted it on and wiped it off before it dried. Ron then drilled new holes for the pulls and attached them. It was done!
It doesn’t look like the old piece at all. Hope it sells now.
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Oh My!!!! that is such a cool look,,, … I seen one of them stands at my good will, and thought no why to improve that,,thanks for the great idea,
linda
This is SO SO SO COOL! I love the washers! Love it!
That is such a great makeover!
Ingenious!
Beautiful job!
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Wow! Now that’s a makeover! =)
That looks awesome!!!
Wow..what a great idea to use washers!
Really looks great now! Love the washers! Lezlee
Great job! never would have thought of the washers. Love it!
Washers?? Who thinks of things like that?? Great job! It does look like lace.
This looks great, the washers are a great idea!
Wow what a great transformation. It turned out to look completely different than the original one. I love this.
How neat. I was wondering what wood filligree you added but to see it was washers-that is amazing.
tammy
this is seriously SO so clever. wow, i truly am impressed. you have a killer eye, and such a creative mind.
I love this idea! It looks amazing! We may have to borrow this idea for our furniture business on our next upcycled piece!!
How clever! It looks amazing white and distressed! Great job!
Wow! What a great job. Adding the washers was a wonderful touch and really changed the look of the piece. Thanks for sharing.
I just LOVE it – so pretty!!
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