We have been DYING to try our hands at refinishing furniture. So we took the plunge and lucked out at the very first thrift store we stopped at. I had been needing a new nightstand anyway. And this one was solid, big, and 5 bucks. Sold.
First we sanded the whole thing and primed it. Then it sat in the garage for a month. Maybe more. All I know is I went on vacation for 3 weeks and it sat primed and unpainted for at least another week after I got home. Major slacking on our part. Well...I did pick out a paint color and buy it if that counts as progress. Then one day I got off work earlier than I expected and I went home and finished the whole thing. What can I say? Once I set my mind to something it is happening.
I painted the entire nightstand an aqua blue {you know, the one that is crazy popular right now?} I think it was called Spa by Behr.
We had been going back and forth for days about what design the nightstand should have. I ended up kind of flying by the seat of my pants and very optimistically attempted the chevron. I say optimistically because I eyeballed it with painters tape and just kinda hoped it worked out.
I don't know if I would necessarily recommend this technique to anyone, but I thought it worked well enough. I measured a few things here and there and that was about it. Nothing is perfectly even or anything, but I just convinced myself it was all part of its shabby chic charm. {Right??}
Then all it needed was some new hardware from Lowes and it was a whole new nightstand.
Voila!
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