If you weren’t around yesterday, I recapped my last couple weeks.

And now today… back to normal posting!

I’ve been talking about my nightstand DIY for way too long to not have shared it already. So here they are. Sadly, they don’t look at all that professional in person. The paint was much harder to work with than I expected, but overall, I love the look of them. 

The Before:

Purchased from a thrift store. Not super cheap, but really good quality and nice storage. Definitely not my taste but we lived with them for two years.

So then I took them out to my deck. Painted them using Rustoleum White Protective Enamel Paint (gives a really nice lacquer). I had read all these reviews on blogs about how easy this stuff was to use. Wow. Not for me. It is so thick. Hard to paint evenly. It also drips. Oy. And silly me… it does not come off your hands. Ohhh and you have to let it dry for 24 hours in between coats. I needed 3. And to get 3 days of good weather in a row in Chicago. Needless to say. It was an adventure.

The After:

I purchased these new pulls for $4.78 a piece. Can of paint was $30. After that I thought they were done. But after a couple weeks I decided they needed something more. Then I saw these on a blog, $4.99 for 8. Done and done.

The makeover was $44.55. Well worth it.

I know my pictures aren’t the best. But I have to keep the rest of the room under wraps Hope you understand!