See me and my nightstand? Don’t we look happy together?
Well, it wasn’t always that way. Like all relationships, it took work.
After a brief online flirtation I had high hopes. Only 30 dollars! Good proportions! Customizable!
But when he arrived, the first impression was disappointing.
He seemed so complicated. And we didn’t even speak the same language.
unfinished wood? May as well be wearing socks with sandals.
Nobody told me about visible screws!
Whatever finish I want??
White lacquered drawers mixed with the wood frame, Please.
My relationship with Nighstand is still quite young.
But you know what?
I think he’s a keeper.
**UPDATE**
Since so many people have asked, here are the products I used:
2 Ikea Rast Dressers- $60
1 Qt Minwax Early American stain, 2 coats- $7.50
1 Qt Martha Stewart for Home Depot “Glass of Milk” in eggshell- $10
1 Qt Minwax Polycrylic lacquer- $10? (or you could skip this step and just get high gloss paint, might not be as glossy though)
6 Siro Cabinet Hardware Nuevo Classico Antique Silver Ring Pull ( SIR-04810 )- $25
Total cost for two night stands: = $112.50
I adore these nighstands–I’ve loved them since Aubrey and Lindsay’s made their circuit around the blog world. Quick question: what exactly is involved with lacquering?
Well, Got Damn, Girlfriend!
That’s the best IKEA hack I’ve ever seen.
EVER.
I’d hump that sexy beast, too.
that is SOOOOOOOO impressive.
and i love the picture of all the parts. it is bullshit!!!
I’ve had their IKEA tutorial saved forever, but haven’t had the motivation to pull it off. You did a fine, fine job. Your lovah looks fabulous! Oh, wait, I forgot…it’s a threesome. ;0)
These look fabulous! I’m going to look into them.
HILARIOUS! I was super impressed with Aubrey and Lindsay’s IKEA hack and you pulled it off, too!! Looks amazing!
Great job! I loooked at these the other day at Ikea as I wondered if it was something I think I could do after seeing on Aubrey + Lindsay but you have inspired to just do it
Thanks guys!
Ashley- I used Minwax polycrylic lacquer. It’s water based so it has no color. (I didn’t want my white drawers yellowing.)
Just stain or paint. Let it dry. Lacquer once. Sand a little. Lacquer again. I did it three times. Quite easy!
Where did you get the knobs?
J- I got them wholesale, but you can also find them here:
http://www.myknobs.com/43112.html
Holy Smokes, this looks crazy good. When I saw the first image, I was like, IKEA sells really high-end looking items? Great job!
man, that WAS a shit load of pine wasn’t it. but look at them now the sexy beasts. you did great!
WOW. I mean, WOW.
Although I’m not sure which is sexier: your excellent hack, or you kissing la nightstand.
Looks sooooo great! Funny, I somehow missed this post (am so behind with google reader) but I was writing my post about different ideas what to do with the RAST and googled “aubrey rast nightstand” to get the picture and came to this post! I was like, this must have been an old project…since I hadn’t read this, but this was so recent, wow. I promise I didn’t copy you, but I will definitely link to this great post
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