The bedroom is a comforting place we spent each night and having a set of bedside cabinets that are tall enough for the modern bed can be challenging. Here is another way to lift up older nightstand without buying expensive pretty legs.
Showing posts with label shabby chic nightstands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shabby chic nightstands. Show all posts
ANOTHER WAY TO ADD HEIGHT TO FURNITURE - wood and ivory bedsides
The bedroom is a comforting place we spent each night and having a set of bedside cabinets that are tall enough for the modern bed can be challenging. Here is another way to lift up older nightstand without buying expensive pretty legs.
HOW TO MAKE A MATCHING SET OF NIGHTSTANDS - his & hers
I adore the simple nature of farmhouse decorating. It allows us to combine individual pieces we love, creating together a cohesive result that is warm and desirable and most importantly comfortable to live in. A perfect example is these nightstands that did not match when I first brought them together.
ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO MAKE FURNITURE TALLER - gorgeous carved nightstands
Sometimes you can add legs to
your furniture to get more height but other times you can't. This time I had to come up with an alternative plan to get these
bedside tables taller.
LADDERS, FLOWERS, and FAVORS - peonies in the bedroom
STOP AND SMELL THE FLOWERS
I have been playing with some photographs and a new bunch of flower.
FRENCH PROVINCIAL NIGHTSTANDS - gold handles and arborite tops
CONSIDER WHERE YOU'RE STARTING
I recently painted a classic pair of french provincial nightstands but there was no reason to paint the tops
OLD DESK INTO NIGHTSTANDS - with rustic cedar wood tops
A LITTLE CUT HERE AND A LITTLE CUT THERE.
Turning a desk into a set of Farmhouse
nightstands isn't as hard as it sounds.
TURNING A DESK INTO TWO BEDSIDE TABLES and painting them with annie sloan chalk paint
I found a solid wood desk on the road-
side the morning after we got home from vacation. It was a wonderful
WELCOME HOME!!!
I would never have found the desk if we didn't have to go back to the airport to retrieve our luggage.
CHANGING THE SHAPE OF FURNITURE - shabby white three drawer
I'm not really happy when I just paint furniture. Every artist has something they
specialize in and enjoy doing. Sometimes when I look at a piece I see a different shape that it should be or something is missing. These pieces are also broken or unusable the way they
are, which makes me want them more. It becomes my thing to recreate it it again. For this project, a little three drawer cabinet. perfect for a little girl's room,
I added 4 different salvaged pieces to change it's shape.
MAKING FURNITURE TALLER - carved bedside tables
Sometimes you can add legs to
your furniture to get more height
but other times you can't. This time I had to come up with an alternative plan to get these
but other times you can't. This time I had to come up with an alternative plan to get these
bedside tables taller.
WHAT WHITE TO USE - ornate nightstands &
I found another little set of
vintage bedside cabinets at
our local thrift store. I brought
them home right away to start
working on them.
BEFORE & AFTER 2012 - recaping projects
For the very last post of this year I'm sharing 20 of the most dramatic Before and Afters of 2012.
CANDLES AND FAIRY TALE NIGHTSTANDS - white bedside cabinets
They started out as a boxy little set with some ugly screwed in spindle legs and mismatched hardware.
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