That's, like, circa 1993

So, I found some awesome furniture, and I planned to write up an entire post about it but I'm almost done refinishing every piece so I figured I'd spare you that post and just share the final products with you as I get them done. To give you the Cliff's Notes version - I bought two dressers (one tall, one long), a nightstand and a mirror from a sweet couple all for 100 smackeroos, that's what my mom called money when I was a kid by the way, was that just our family's thing or was that like a real phrase back in the day?

That wasn't a rhetorical question... 

The tall dresser is for my room, the long one is being turned into a TV stand for the living room and the mirror is going in E's room. But back to this nightstand, it's going in Owen's room.

But not like that, because it's not the early 90's and I'm blessed with decent vision.

I knew how I wanted to refinish the other pieces I listed above but couldn't decide on the nightstand. So I sat on it for a bit. No, literally I sat on the nightstand, to think of course, but nonetheless I was sitting on it. Then I figuratively sat on it for the next few days. After coming up with a very loose concept on how I wanted to decorate his room I whipped out the paint and got to it.

I patched up a hole on each drawer because I switched out the hardware and the replacement hardware only needed on hole per drawer. Then I simply painted the base white and the top ORB, yet, I didn't stain it, I was trying to work with what I had on hand and I had me some oil rubbed bronze so I got to bronzing. I was bound to run out of stain one day, especially since I love that ONE color so much that I use it over and over and over. 

Once everything dried I simply popped on some silver pulls to go with some other silver accents that'll be in his room. It's all in the details, folks. And there we have it. My baby's new nightstand.

And for an easy before and after comparison:

BEFORE

AFTER

The top looks almost black in these photos but in person it's a perfect oil-rubbed bronze finish, a rich shimmery brown. And my apologies for not having a fancy photo of it all gussied up and in his room with a lamp or a stack of books on it, those photos will have to wait, and I'll tell you why Monday, now I gotcha on the edge of your seat - huh? Well, sit back, because we're easily excited around here so it may not be as exciting to you as it is to us.

Finally Friday,

Lor