How should I make over this nighttable?

I love the ideas you started with. You can scuff with steel wool & clean with denatured alcohol for prep. The colors you choose should consider your style and other furnishings. Also, you might want to get basket(s) before your decide on a paint color so they will coordinate. When I did mine, I couldn't pick a color so I went silver metallic. Goes with everything we have. I particularly like the teal and stain. I used to have a coffee table and end tables like that. If you decide to paint the feet an accent, I would also paint the squares at the top of each side on front to match the feet. Perhaps even accent the ridges on the side with the same color. Looks like a great project for your next day off.

Hello there,

I love polished wood myself, but I could see this piece in Grey or Dark Green, even Dark Blue, with gold highlights or green on grey or grey on green or antique wax. This could be something really nice. Enjoy the project!

I really like the Annie Sloan Graphite paint color-chalk paint--with an stained top. Rustoleum Chalked Paint has a similar color-Charcoal--and Rustoleum is less expensive--you can find it at Menards. Teal would be very pretty too! Or an off white color like Annie Sloan Old White. I like your idea of the stained top!

take out the slide add a small piece of wood inside and and stain it or paint it and you will have a shelf.

When you remove the drawer slide cut a strip of wood to fill in the center of the hollow space. That way if you use a thin panel of wood for a shelf it will not sag.

Also, if you want to keep the look of the drawer remove the front of the drawer and hinge it to cover the shelf. Depending on what you want to keep on the shelf it will look neater enclosed.

Or just leave the drawer. It will make nice detail when it is finished.

I think a stain and paint combo is a great idea, perhaps a rich mahogany on the top and a white base with chrome/silver feet? If you replace the drawer slide with a shelf you might be able to find a wicker basket that fits right in there that would add interest and a great cubby for unsightlies.

Why would you want to remove the drawer. It has storage. I would lightly sand the night stand and then you can stain it with General Finishes color stain, Minwax makes a color stain too. Or You can paint it. I would use a paint sprayer so that you do not get brush marks. If you decide to paint it then you can glaze or distress. The top can be the same finish or a dark finish.

I would put a shelf on the bottom and then add baskets for more storage. I like wood or dark colors for this nightstand. Dark gray with a glaze would look amazing.

I love the look of a walnut stain on the top with the rest painted teal.

It really depends on your personal style. If the night stand were mine, I would probably sand the outside and paint it white or a light color and paint the inside a bright pop of color.

There are lots of ideas here:

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The Annie Sloan Graphite is not green. It is a very dark gray almost black. The Rustoleum Charcoal is a titch lighter but definitely dark gray.

I can see your piece painted a nice grey with maybe a teal interior, if that works for your color scheme. It seems you could also accent the upright grooves on the front with either a metallic that might match the metal pieces.