Burlap and Nailhead Trim Nightstand

~Thinking Outside The Box~

Burlap & Nailhead Trim Nightstand.

My new rustic makeover!

What to do with this shabby sad little guy?

 I was staring at this piece for a good 10 minutes trying to figure out what color I wanted to paint today... I was thinking bright and fun.. but something kept saying "burlap, burlap!"  

Sooo... I went outside the box on this one.

I knew I was going to distress it, so I just used Rustoleum Black Semi Gloss spray paint to put a coat on over most of the nightstand. Note; You don't have to do this pretty, just spray it on girls!

Next, I painted it with a coat of 

CeCe Caldwell "Young Wheat".

It's a nice creamy, beige-ish, taupe-y kind of tan! 

I'm loving this color right now!

 Then I decided to cut some burlap to size on the sides since this piece was in ROUGH shape. Kind of this yucky plywood with huge gashes in it that I didn't want to fill with wood putty! 

Fabric seemed like a good option.

I just used a razor knife. 

Well, my helpful husband was off today and wanted to help... 

so, I held the burlap down and HE used the razor knife :):)

Then I stapled it down with my pneumatic staple gun. 

(Sooooo worth the $20 bucks!!!)

It looked like it needed something... hmmmm... I dug through my fabric stash, came up with some burlap webbing, 

but I didn't have enough, 

sooooo I improvised and cut in in 1/2 so I could get 4 strips out of it.

I then stapled the top down and hot glued it to the burlap.

It still needed something?

I had some upholstery tacks! They did just the trick. 

I used a hammer to put them about 1 1/2 inches apart.

 (I just eye balled it)

I then used water and a paper towel to "water distress" the paint.

I just wet down my paper towel and rubbed of the paint to show the black underneath. 

Yes girls, you can use water to distress CeCe Caldwell paint!!

I then wanted a more rustic finish, so I used Jacobean Minwax Stain and lightly brushed the whole piece.. with the burlap on it... 

(the stain was an afterthought, I would suggest doing that before you put your fabric on. LOL)

I finished it off with some oil rubbed bronze knobs and I really love it! Ive never done anything like it and it was nice being "crafty" with fabric on a piece of furniture!

Its fun to think outside the box sometimes!

Happy Painting!!

Mindy~


This project was featured at Redoux, 
Thank you Karen!!




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