Home Interior: DIY Ikea Rast Makeover amongst Weathered Gray Wood Stain

mensuration tutorial for taking a apparently Ikea nightstand as well as staining it gray for a weathered loo DIY Ikea Rast Makeover amongst Weathered Gray Wood Stain

Hey ya'll!

So, I intend I've pinned almost 400 Ikea Rast Hacks, but I've never real done 1 of my own. Mostly because there's no Ikea anywhere close Knoxville, but also because I honey to repurpose thrift store finds (as opposed to tediously assembling furniture).

But, when it came fourth dimension to furnish the invitee bedroom, I decided to cheque out what this Rast concern was all about.

I was pretty excited to uncovering that you lot tin sack companionship Ikea materials online, AND that the Rast was alone $35.
I'm in all probability the alone mortal inwards the footing who didn't know this information.

It arrived inwards a tiny piddling box as well as looked deceptively simple.

And as well as then I started unpacking the box.

And forthwith regretted telling Jesse that I wanted to practise this on my own.

It eventually started to accept shape.

And afterward iii reruns of Top Chef, a tiny wooden foursquare of a dresser was born.

I was bummed at how pitiful it looked inwards person, but I felt similar an assembling champion at this point, so...irrelevant.

Then, I called Jesse dorsum into my 'workspace' as well as asked him to attention me drill some additional holes for my hardware.

After the dresser was all create to go, I decided to create a weathered/driftwood gray look.

I tested out several unlike stains as well as eventually settled on Rustoleum Ultimate Wood Stain inwards Sunbleached (affiliate link). It looked to a greater extent than tan on the exterior of the can, but in 1 lawsuit I applied the stain, it was the perfect shade of lite weathered gray.

For a topcoat, I used Varathane polyurethane in Matte. I didn't desire any sort of sheen on the woods (so that it would expect real weathered), but at the same fourth dimension I wanted the surface to live durable. The matte Varathane totally did the trick.

A few tips for staining raw woods furniture:

1. Make certain you lot sand your slice amongst fine grit sandpaper first, equally this volition brand the woods soak upwardly the stain better.

This is crucial.

2. Use a dropcloth amongst a plastic layer to protect your floors, equally the stain is messy as well as volition run.

3. Apply the stain amongst a rag or paintbrush. I prefer a inexpensive paintbrush.

4. Once the stain is dry out (I allow it dry out for a total day), apply 1-2 layers of the topcoat amongst a paintbrush as well as allow that fully cure earlier using the dresser.

The procedure is real equally unproblematic equally only brushing on the stain. The directions tell to wipe off the excess, but I constitute that it looked agency ameliorate if I only allow the stain absorb into the woods as well as and then dry.

My alone electrical load would live the smell. The topcoat I used was H2O based as well as didn't odour at all, but the stain was fossil oil based as well as gave off a lot of fumes. So, only brand certain to ventilate your workspace.

I naively started staining the dresser inwards the bedroom, where I commonly paint, as well as forthwith realized, NOPE, this isn't going to work. Cut to me inwards a hazmat conform inwards the haunted draw of piece of employment solid room amongst 2 fans as well as opened upwardly windows.

Learn from my mistakes. Buy a draw of piece of employment solid amongst a non-gross garage.

Once the dresser was dry, I added some pretty piddling Victorian brass loving cup pulls that I constitute here.

They added the perfect piddling amount of sass.

I'm only thus happy amongst the agency these piddling nightstands turned out, as well as they tally perfectly inwards the finished invitee bedroom.

I only finally finished this room, afterward icon the walls

(Benjamin Moore Chelsea Gray), as well as installing novel trim.

NEVER AGAIN, YA'LL.

It finally all came together amongst the improver of the 2 Rasts, an upholstered bed I constitute on Craigslist, a shiny novel chandelier, as well as my favorite piddling zebra rug from Rugs USA.

And hither are the balance of the root details inwards 1 handy place...just inwards representative you're curious:

Zebra rug: Rugs USA

Bed: Craigslist for $200, took the ugly bronze nailheads out 1 past times 1 as well as spray painted them silver. Totally torturous. (Craigslist shopping tips here.)

Bedding: White duvet comprehend from Target several years ago. Pink velvet pillow from Bed Bath & Beyond. Beige pillows I made amongst glue.

Nightstands: Ikea Rast

Victorian Brass Cup Pulls: D. Lawless Hardware

Lamps: thrift store

Chandelier: National Builder Supply

Wall color: Benjamin Moore Chelsea Gray (new fave...so cozy for a bedroom).

Stuff on nightstands: Let's pretend I pose to a greater extent than assay into that.

That's all for today, ya'll!

Thank you lot thus much for existence hither as well as for caring almost what goes on inwards my piddling world.

'Til adjacent time.

P.S. This is the 4th fourth dimension I've redone this room. It WILL live the last. I swear. But you lot tin sack come across the other versions here, here, and, here if you're curious. :)