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New Nightstands
Right now I have a very part time job (like 10 hours a week at most), and am taking 1 credit. That leaves me with a whole lot of free time. Suddenly, when I have free time, everything has the potential to be a project. I was wandering in hobby lobby when I came across this inspiration sheet and I decided it was time to give our DI nightstands a makeover!

Posted by numberonecurliegurlie • Published 29th January 2010 • See numberonecurliegurlie's 8 projects »

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Cee B. commented on Nightstands 30 Jan 17:42
Cee B. favorited Nightstands 30 Jan 17:38

Step 1
Before: a little scratched and dented.
I was thrilled to have them when I found a matching set,
but I figured I couldn't hurt them at this point.
Step 2
Before I even touched the nightstands, I drew a 1/4 scale model of them.
I used my handy measuring tape, calculator, and ruler to help me along.
I drew everything in pencil then traced it in sharpie.
I made lots of copies, and sketched a few ideas on my 1/4 scale models.
Step 3
I finally decided on argyle and my sketch gave me an idea
of what I wanted it to look like. As you'll see, I deviated a bit
from this in my actual production
Step 4
I used a pencil to mark the top of the nightstand into 8 sections horizontally and 4 sections verticially.
Step 5
I connected my lines to make boxes.
Step 6
I drew my diamonds within each box
Step 7
...taped, and painted. (If anyone is actually doing this, I would reccomend
picking your background color and painting your entire nightstand first.
It would be a lot less work)
Step 8
When you remove the tape, you should hopefully have some clean lines!
Step 9
Tape the next section and start painting!
Step 10
And tape and paint again....
Step 11
Between coats of paint...
Step 12
I worked on painting the drawers.
Step 13
Ta-da!

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Cee B. · Fairfield, California, US 30th January 2013

Oh my gosh...you did a fabulous job! I've been wanting to do this forever but haven't really had a concrete design in mind but you have inspired me. When I'm done with mine, I'll link back to you! Thanks for sharing.