Guest Room Nightstands

Puddy's House
by Puddy's House
I found a pair of these nightstands at the Salvation Army months ago. I lucked into it being half price furniture day. I’m pretty sure that I just popped into Salvation Army on my lunch break from work and left with these 2 beauties. I can’t remember if they were originally $30 each, or if they were $15 each, because the only number in my head is the original $30 and that I paid $15 and I can’t remember if that was for one or both. I’m pretty cheap so I think it was for both! :)
The refreshed nightstands look so much better in our Guest Room.
I sold the old bedroom set on Craigslist recently, so the nightstands and dresser are gone. I wanted the new nightstands to coordinate with the bedding, so I decided to use Paris Grey and Old White Chalk Paint®. I put on one coat of Paris Grey and two coats of Old White on top. I don’t have in process pictures because I painted in the basement and the lighting is terrible! Thankfully, I just got new work lights from my husband for my birthday, so I will hopefully be able to have in process pictures of upcoming projects. After I was done painting, I took the nightstands outside to lightly sand and distress them.
Even sanding was challenging at this time of year….it was before 7am outside in 18 degree weather. It was cold! But, I got them sanded and then brought the nightstands back inside to put on a coat of wax. For the wax, I used Annie Sloan Soft Wax in Clear and the Wax Brush.
I put the original hard ware back on the nightstands. I originally wanted to paint them brushed nickel, but with the current temperatures I can’t spray paint like I would want to, so I just left them as-is. It actually doesn’t bother me to have them dark, but I still might change them later.
The timing and conditions of this project has been interesting: bad lighting in the basement while painting, bitter cold outside early morning sanding, followed by early morning waxing, and then complete with a quick lunchtime stop at home during my work day to be able to take daylight after pictures. So, needless to say, there was not a ton of styling happening. I merely pulled out some of the items from the old nightstands and put them on the new ones. Since the shape is so different, the décor is not ideal, but it works for now.
Next up is the dresser for the guest room. I’ve literally had it about a year, and have only recently started to work on it. For the dresser, it was already painted so I had the crazy idea to strip the top. It is now ready to be stained, so hopefully I’ll be able to share soon.
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  • Kajunsugar Kajunsugar on Nov 27, 2014
    I have the exact night stands and do intend to pretty them up. I love this furniture style. Thanks for sharing.
  • Cyndee Cyndee on Aug 17, 2015
    Pretty stands! I love this whole room! Love the pretty yellow and the white stands look so nice in there.
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