Ikea Rast Hack

You've seen it done before- I get it.  But after the dresser debacle (click here), we had to rearrange my boy's room and he ended up needing some nightstands- and being that this was not a planned room make over, I had to get creative due to funding issues;)
He is working on a hoarding career and doesn't like to get ride of any of his school work- so I decided at least if he had closed storage, it wouldn't drive me totally batty and the Ikea Rast was a good solution.  Enter two of these puppies as nightstands... The Ikea Rast:

Because I didn't want everything to try and be matchy in his room- I really just tried some things out on these and finally settled on a warm stain on the drawer fronts and Annie Sloan Pure White on the sides and base.  The top is where I had a little fun! I am going to shock you all and let you in on a little secret... I don't really like chevron... are you done gasping? I said it.  It's just not my fave pattern- but I wanted something simple and fun for the top of these and decided an arrow pattern might work.  Now this time I did actually do a little measuring- I stared my placing a line at the center and then taping back from there....

Once again, I painted over the tape lines with the white paint so that the blue would then not bleed through.  I still had some Annie Sloan Napolianic Blue left, so I used that.  After two coats, I pulled off the tape and then gave them all a good coat of Minwax Poly.

And if you are confused- yes- I did two of these for each side of his bed- but you will have to see the other one when I post the whole room reveal- coming soon to a blog near you;)
Some of you caught a sneak peak of me working on this on Instagram- if you want more sneak peaks of up coming projects- follow along here @beemottl 
Hope you are having a great day!!
xoxo
B


Linking to:
Twirl and Take a Bow
The Dedicated House