The first thing I decided to tackle this summer was a pair of raw wood drawers from ikea. We have a mismatched set now at each side of our bed-one dark brown/black the other lightwood from my bedroom set growing up, and I was ready for an economical : ) change. The chest of 3 drawers were only 34 $ each-but came in raw pine-and obviously with "put it together yourself" furniture-it wasn't top of the line-but was perfect for my budget (as we work towards furnishing our soon to be new guest room)
I decided I would stain the pine wood-then paint it white, and distress the white paint to give it a worn beachy look that matched our pre-existing headboard. I also decided to buy new hardware and switch out the wooden knobs the drawers came with.
I got back from San Diego Thursday night and by Saturday morning Shane and I had driven to the city to pick up the "nightstands" from ikea.
I did some research that night on what materials I would need-and Sunday afternoon picked up my supplies at Lowes. We had already assembled them and I was ready Monday morning to begin the project!
Here are some pictures of the process-all in all it didn't take me that long- about 6 days total including putting it together-and I ended up only working on it around 2 hours each morning. It was a nice short term project-which is good, because I realized moving in a few weeks is going to be a bigger project than I was imagining.
The same day we went to Ikea we stopped at a local Antique shop-I couldn't resist this recycled barn wood sign. It won't go up in our bedroom til we move-and I'l make sure to post pictures of the changes we make in the new place.
Oh Ikea- so much fun : )
We decided to put them together at the same time to work out kinks together and save on time : )
He's a trooper-no doubt about it.
They didn't have the right kind of hardware I wanted-(clear knobs)-but the knobs they did have at Hobby Lobby were 50 % off and I couldn't pass that up-so I opted for these small brass knobs.
Almost done!
Monday morning getting ready to stain
We decided on a Walnut Stain
It wasn't as dark as I would have liked, but I should have predicted that with it being on such light pine to begin with.
Even after drying the shades of Walnut were extremely inconsistent-again, I should have predicted this as well because the chances are high that each piece of pine could have come from completely different parts of the world!
Day 1: Stain is dry and ready for painting!
At first I was going to paint a layer of gray paint under the white to give it more depth once I started sanding the top layer off and scraping the edges. That idea soon disappeared as the cost of materials added up and I realized this was my FIRST time doing this : )
First coat finished
I was shocked to think that I could actually make this set of drawers look CHEAPER than they already did-but alas, the two coats of white paint and little to no character or craftsmanship had this looking pretty bland.
I had never distressed furniture before so I was pretty nervous to even start the process.
I started with edges first-the most logical place for wear and tear to take place.
First one complete.
Started distressing the second set of drawers.
I decided to only do one coat of white paint on the second set of drawers-it was much easier to attain the old beach house look with more of the wood grain naturally showing through.
All in all, it didn't turn out exactly how I wanted-but It was fun learning as I went-and I'm excited to have a matching set of bedside tables for the new room.
I had to keep bringing it in the bedroom to make sure it looked alright.
Donezo Yamamoto.
-M.W.
Next Project: Packing up our apartment!!!!!!!!!!!
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