When we moved into our house we bought or made new furniture. One thing we didn’t think of was nightstands. It turns out nightstands are pretty convenient. We went five years without them because we just couldn’t find the right ones. Last spring when the restaurant I work for closed down for six weeks I had some free time. My dad is pretty handy and he was nice enough to help me build these beautiful nightstands that helped complete our bedroom.
We had some scraps of wood from building our table and chandelier that we made into 2 x 2’s. These pieces would be the frame of our nightstands. Once we had all of them cut we started screwing the fronts and backs together. It took a lot of measuring and sanding to get everything to fit perfectly. I definitely wanted a drawer so we left space for that. We then made the drawers and put a latch at the back to keep it in place.
After assembling the nightstands we needed to sift through some of the scraps to find tops. We had to find ones with no holes and that were long and wide enough to cover the nightstands. When we found and cut the perfect tops we had to sand and seal them. While waiting on the tops to dry we stained the bottom frames. My cats loved to curl up in the nightstands until we finished them up!
When the seal and stain was dry we glued the tops to the base and let that dry. I would say it was easy but these took quite a bit of time and effort to get them to look this good. I am so pleased with how they turned out and the fact that we didn’t have to buy anything to make them. There is something that feels good about recycling things you would normally throw out and make them into beautiful pieces of furniture!
-Cristie
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