I Love My Stained Top, Painted Bottom Night stand.
It's not hard to achieve this look just take the steps mentioned below...
1.Sand your all wood furniture piece.
2.Tape undesired edges that you wouldn't want to stain, so you have a clean even piece without stain getting into your (paint) area...
3.Stain the top of your nightstand with your stain color of choice. We did about 8 layers, and after trial and error we figure out that brushing the stain on, then wiping off with an old t-shirt worked best for us.
4.Paint the rest of the nightstand.
5.Spray paint your hardware if you wish to, ours were previously gold.
6. Start distressing the areas you'd think would get wear on a vintage piece...Or wherever you'd like the distressing to be for that matter...
7. Brush the stain on a back and forth or up and down motion once or twice, then immediately wipe off to get that rugged look pictured...
8. Your choice weather to add a clear coat or not...We chose not to, since I liked the kinda flat satin look. We had purchased a satin finish top coat but test drove it on a switch wood cover and didn't end up liking it. Even though it said Satin, it was still too shiny...We might go back to the store and get a Matte finish clear coat.
Items You'll Need:
-plus gloves, if you have any & 200 grit sanding paper for distressing, and sanding between staining coats.
Before & After Pictures
Sand your all wood furniture piece.
Stain your wood.
Brush the stain on, then wipe off with a cloth or old t-shirt. Repeat until you achieve desired light/dark shade.
Spray paint Hardware & Paint the Rest of Nightstand.
Before & After Distressing.
