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New Nightstands
Right now I have a very part time job (like 10 hours a week at most), and am taking 1 credit. That leaves me with a whole lot of free time. Suddenly, when I have free time, everything has the potential to be a project. I was wandering in hobby lobby when I came across this inspiration sheet and I decided it was time to give our DI nightstands a makeover!
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Cee B. commented on Nightstands
30 Jan 17:42
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30 Jan 17:38
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Step 1Before: a little scratched and dented.
I was thrilled to have them when I found a matching set,
but I figured I couldn't hurt them at this point. -
Step 2Before I even touched the nightstands, I drew a 1/4 scale model of them.
I used my handy measuring tape, calculator, and ruler to help me along.
I drew everything in pencil then traced it in sharpie.
I made lots of copies, and sketched a few ideas on my 1/4 scale models. -
Step 3I finally decided on argyle and my sketch gave me an idea
of what I wanted it to look like. As you'll see, I deviated a bit
from this in my actual production -
Step 4I used a pencil to mark the top of the nightstand into 8 sections horizontally and 4 sections verticially.
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Step 5I connected my lines to make boxes.
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Step 6I drew my diamonds within each box
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Step 7...taped, and painted. (If anyone is actually doing this, I would reccomend
picking your background color and painting your entire nightstand first.
It would be a lot less work) -
Step 8When you remove the tape, you should hopefully have some clean lines!
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Step 9Tape the next section and start painting!
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Step 10And tape and paint again....
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Step 11Between coats of paint...
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Step 12I worked on painting the drawers.
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Step 13Ta-da!
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