Thrifted Cabinet Turned Boy's Nightstand

I don't think I volition always tire of seeing article of furniture makeovers in addition to transforming second-hand finds.  If you're a regular reader, I promise you lot won't either!

As I've been planning somewhat of a makeover of my son's room, I knew that he needed a smaller nightstand than what he's been using.  However, it silent needed to offering enough of storage for my collection-loving boy.  A few years agone I shout upwardly seeing unopen to super glossy filing cabinet-type storage pieces at TJ Maxx, in addition to I shout upwardly thinking how slowly it would hold upwardly to discovery a similar slice at a thrift store.

I easily establish a two-drawer filing cabinet for a few dollars in addition to brought it domicile intending to purpose it for his nightstand, but when I brought it inward to effort the size i realized that it was several inches taller than his mattresses in addition to the corners in addition to edges were VERY sudden in addition to hard.  Understandly...it is of course of pedagogy a boxy metallic cabinet...but every bit it sat close the caput of his bed all I saw was an accident waiting to happen.  So, that slice moved dorsum out in addition to I started keeping an oculus out for something else.

Then, a few months agone I came across this foreign slice spell thrifting.

At get-go I didn't give it a minute look, but in addition to then I remembered I silent needed something for Caleb's room.  I checked the measurements in addition to the size was right.  It took me a picayune spell to consider it, mainly only because I was trying to figure it out.  I'd never seen a slice similar this before.  The hand is a metallic file drawer in addition to it fits into a wooden base of operations that seems homemade.  But, it all lucifer together perfectly in addition to everything worked good thence I spent the $10 in addition to took it.

The hand is silent squared off, all the same it's woods in addition to non quite every bit harsh every bit the other 1 was thence I'm non worried close it beingness dangerous.

I commonly don't spray pigment furniture, but since one-half of this 1 was metallic I did.  I'm thence guilty of wanting a slice to expect non bad afterwards the get-go coat, but alongside spray ikon you lot genuinely bespeak to exercise multiple, thin, calorie-free coats to larn the best result.

Before I started I sprayed the label foursquare silver.  The hand grip was non slowly to remove, in addition to I planned to re-use it thence I taped it in addition to the right away silvery label department off in 1 trial it was dry.

I sprayed the entire slice alongside Rustoleum's semi-gloss dark in addition to replaced the bottom grip alongside a silvery loving cup push clit from Home Depot.  I had unopen to sometime caster wheels from a thrift shop that I added to the bottom.

I'm thence happy alongside how this slice turned out, in addition to alongside pigment in addition to the novel hardware the less than $20 cost tag makes me fifty-fifty happier.  Now, my boy has a handy spot for his light in addition to books, in addition to ii large drawers for lots of treasures!

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