SHABBY CHIC NIGHTSTANDS before and after with legs

 I found a quirky little pair of dark wood nightstands at the second hand store and brought them

home for a makeover. They had handles that went up and down in the very middle of each drawer,

it looked very odd. The white spots on the before photo are the holes from the original handles in

the process of being filled with wood filler.

I painted both in a creamy white mix of ASCP. I added little Queen Anne legs to the fronts and

the back legs are made from simple 2 x 2 lumber. All the legs I use are vintage reclaimed parts.

For more information on installing legs check here:

http://4theloveofwood.blogspot.ca/2013/11/tutorial-adding-legs-to-nightstands.html

  

The nightstands were nicely edge distressed with a 220 grit sand paper and clear waxed. 

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Till next time ... Kristy

FRENCH NIGHTSTANDS working with plywood

 

  

This nightstand started out as a home made little box made
completely of quarter inch plywood. I really like working
with plywood because it is super strong and can be worked
with the same way solid woods can be. Plywood in most cases
is even stronger than solid wood. Plywood is a sheet material
manufactured from thin layers or "plies" of wood veneer that
are glued together with adjacent layers having their wood
grain rotated up to 90 degrees to one another.

The process to make plywood has been around for about 200 years. Below left is the BEFORE

picture and you can see the quarter inch plywood used to make it.