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My DIY Dorothy Draper Nightstands

These have been done for quite awhile.  Again, my lack of picture uploading is to blame.  Actually, I’d like to pass the blame along to my prehistoric creature of a laptop that takes 45 minutes to load a page.
Anyways, if you follow me on Instagram (<– if you don’t already, do it!) then you already saw the before and after…
 
We started with an IKEA Rast dresser, which costs $34.99. 
You will also need:
  • About 4 or 5 cans of Krylon gloss black spray paint (no joke)
  • 2 or 3 cans of primer (I’d use black.)
  • Stencil sheet
  • Exacto knife
  • Krylon gold leaf paint pen
  • Drawer pulls. (I could only find them here. Mine are medium Burnished Bronze.) 
  • Stencil. I found one here.

Please, when spraypainting, don’t do what I did. ^ Buy a tarp. They are around $3 and so much easier. 

The drawers we spray painted before they were put together. 

Once you have printed your stencil, tape it to the stencil paper, and use the exacto knife to cut it out. 

This may be an obvious tip, but be sure to leave space in between that you don’t cut out so the stencil stays in place on either side. 

Tape it on, and you’re ready to gold leaf. 

 You can find this pen at your local craft store for around $6.99.  I got mine at Joann’s and used a 40% off one item coupon so it was much cheaper than that.  AND it lasted for both side tables, the lamps I re-furbished, and there is still plenty of life left in it. 
Z being the camera hog she is. 

My sweet boy helping 🙂
Once you paint the pattern on, you can put the drawers together and add your drawer pulls.

J’s side. 

My side.

I love them. They are the perfect size and now home to my jewelry and pajamas. 
Happy Monday everyone! I am so thrilled to have half of Tuesday and all of Wednesday off of work!  Hope you all have some days off this week as well!
xoxo,
H

Comments

  1. Natalie
    Monday, July 2, 2012 / 2:15 pm

    love this! x

  2. Eat Live Love
    Monday, July 2, 2012 / 2:33 pm

    You did an awesome job! They look great!

  3. KatiePerk
    Monday, July 2, 2012 / 2:35 pm

    This is amazing! You did a stellar job.

  4. Torie
    Monday, July 2, 2012 / 2:35 pm

    Awesome! These are gorgeous,and definitely look way more expensive than they were. Keeping this one in mind! 🙂

  6. Michelle
    Monday, July 2, 2012 / 3:51 pm

    Wow that looks great!

  7. Rica
    Monday, July 2, 2012 / 4:16 pm

    They turned out AMAZING! Great Job.

  9. B SOUP
    Monday, July 2, 2012 / 5:19 pm

    it is PERFECT

  10. Andrea
    Monday, July 2, 2012 / 5:33 pm

    oh my gosh so perfect!!! I would love to try something like this soon.

  11. Lindsay Dugan
    Monday, July 2, 2012 / 5:34 pm

    Love it! Great job.

  12. el {what you fancy}
    Monday, July 2, 2012 / 6:14 pm

    Hi Hannah! Came over to say hi from {what you fancy}! Great job on the Rast… I need to tackle one of those someday, there would definitely be gold involved 🙂
    ~el

  14. Sarah
    Monday, July 2, 2012 / 7:23 pm

    this is amazing! you're so creative!!

  17. Mandy DeTurk
    Tuesday, July 3, 2012 / 5:57 pm

    I am in love with this, it turned out so pretty. What is the paint color on that wall? It is gorgeous!

  18. amber wallace
    Tuesday, July 3, 2012 / 7:43 pm

    Love them! Way to go on the stencil! And love the black and gold

  19. Melanie Liliana
    Wednesday, July 4, 2012 / 1:47 am

    Looks absolutely amazing! You've inspired me! Thanks for stopping by my blog! Come back and follow! I'm your newest! Xo

    Iambornlippy.blogspot.com

  20. Tiffany Leigh
    Wednesday, July 4, 2012 / 2:44 am

    Such a great job! I've been looking for a small, well priced dresser to makeover!
    xo
    Tiffany
    tiffanyleighinteriordesign.blogspot.com

  22. Jessie
    Friday, July 6, 2012 / 3:07 pm

    Amazing!

  24. B
    Friday, July 6, 2012 / 4:48 pm

    wow! im impressed! they look amazing!

  25. carooolyne
    Friday, July 6, 2012 / 8:04 pm

    What a great idea. Love it!

    xoxo

  28. Jacqlyn
    Saturday, July 7, 2012 / 1:55 pm

    gorgeous! i'm so impressed. also love your jewelry holders! xo J

  30. Lyndsy
    Thursday, July 12, 2012 / 5:06 pm

    they turned out so great! thanks for the tutorial!

  31. Nicole Rene
    Tuesday, July 31, 2012 / 2:47 pm

    You are seriously amazing. I wish I had even half of your craftiness. My house would look 1 million times better. They look awesome!

  33. Jennifer @ Dimples and Tangles
    Wednesday, January 16, 2013 / 10:50 pm

    These are awesome! I've been searching for a great deal on CL for matching dressers to use for nightstands and coming up empty. I think I'll switch gears and consider these instead! Thanks for sharing-came over from Better After.

  35. Jaida McKie
    Friday, January 25, 2013 / 7:16 pm

    I absolutely love this! It's so chic and expensive! I'll definitely be trying something like this out once I move into my own place.

  36. Asher
    Friday, March 29, 2013 / 3:56 pm

    You are pretty much my DIY hero. These are AMAZING!!!! I'm going to have to try this!

  37. Nancy LittleHomesteadinBoise
    Monday, July 27, 2015 / 6:28 am

    I had to laugh when I saw this! My elderly aunt had the exact same dresser, but white, straight out of the 60's!

  38. Chenzhen 20160303chenzhen
    Thursday, April 28, 2016 / 9:06 am

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