Nightstands
New Nightstands
Posted by numberonecurliegurlie
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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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You Will Need (3 things)
- Furniture
- Tape
- Paint
Steps (13 steps, 300 minutes)
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1
Before: 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. -
2
Before 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. -
3
I 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 -
4
I used a pencil to mark the top of the nightstand into 8 sections horizontally and 4 sections verticially.
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5
I connected my lines to make boxes.
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6
I drew my diamonds within each box
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...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) -
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When you remove the tape, you should hopefully have some clean lines!
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9
Tape the next section and start painting!
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10
And tape and paint again....
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11
Between coats of paint...
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12
I worked on painting the drawers.
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13
Ta-da!