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Faux Planked Top Nautical Nightstand Makeover {with Map Drawer Lining & DIY Sisal Rope Handles}

I will show you how to make this nightstand makeover with my easy tutorial!

I love having errands to run on Saturday mornings. It is garage sale day. And you just never know what you might find…if only you stop and look.

I have made some of my best purchases that way. And when I don’t have time to stop, it pains me…to wonder what I might be missing out on.

Do you know what I’m talking about? That feeling of a bargain left unfound?

Clearly my husband doesn’t because he has strongly encouraged me to avoid garage sales until I work my way through the so-called junk (treasures) we already have stored in our garage… I try to explain it to him. What if the next one has the mother load?? I just need to ‘check’….

This chunky traditional nautical nightstand revamp that I made over with a faux planked top, map lined drawers, and DIY Sisal Rope handles is the perfect example of one of those spontaneous driving-down-the-road-spotting-a-garage-sale-sign-stops…and I’m glad I stopped.

Chunky Nautical Nightstand with Red White and Blue Faux Planked Top in the bedroom between two beds.

For this old dated old nightstand revamp I used Country Chic Paint in Simplicity (the white), Devotion (the red), and Midnight Sky (dark blue). You may know that I am on the Country Chic Paint Blog Squad this year and have gotten to makeover quite a few older furniture pieces with their amazing products.

An old nightstand before the makeover.

I started by washing the nightstand thoroughly with soapy water and then filling in the damaged spots with some wood filler. I also removed the hardware and filled the holes. Once the wood filler was dry I sanded it down creating a smooth surface.

Removing the hardware from the nightstand.

I decided to give it a coat of primer to start with since it was not made of real, solid wood and had a fairly glossy surface. After the primer was dry, I gave the base of the nightstand a coat of bold Devotion paint.

Applying primer and then red paint to the stand.

After the Devotion was dry, I did a top coat of Simplicity. As soon as I finished doing the top coat, I distressed the edges with a clean damp rag to remove some of the white Simplicity and reveal the red Devotion below.

Distressing the nightstand with the red showing underneath.

For the top of the nightstand, I did an all-over base coat of Simplicity. Once dry, I used my brush to add in some loose stripes, creating a the look of a (faux) planked top. I started by adding in the stripes in Devotion…

Red painted stripes on the top of the furniture.

And then added in some paint stripes in Midnight Sky.

Blue, white and red stripes on top of the nightstand.

To make the stripes slightly less solid looking, I waited until they were dry and then went back in with a very dry brush using a touch of Simplicity to create a more textured look to the planks.

I wanted to give the whole thing a more aged antique finish so I opted to use the dark, or antiquing, wax.

Brushing wax to the top of the nautical stripes on the nightstand.

Once it was applied using my wax brush, I went back over it and buffed it off using a clean, lint-free cloth. There were a few spots that felt a little too antiqued or dark, so I used some clear wax on those areas to remove the dark wax a little. The trick to removing dark wax (or lightening it up) is to add clear wax over it and then buff it off.

Wiping the wax off the stripes.

Since I wanted to give this piece a nautical feel, I opted to use sisal rope for the handles. The roll of sisal rope that I used was picked up at Walmart.

Sisal rope still in its packaging on top of the desk.

Then I used a drill to create new holes for the sisal rope handles…

Drilling holes into the nightstand for the sisal rope.

I fed the rope through one hole, tied it off inside the drawer, tied it again on the other side of the drawer. Also then I figured out how long I wanted them to be, tied off a knot at that length, and then fed the second end through the second hole. I finished it off by tying it off inside the drawer again.

Tying the sisal rope into the nightstand.

 

The rope handles.

The inside of the drawer with the sisal rope tied.

 

For a little extra interest and fun, I Mod Podged some maps that I cut out of an old Atlas inside the drawers.

Chunky Nautical Nightstand with Red White and Blue Faux Planked Top at The Happy Housie decoupaged maps in drawers.

The nightstand with one drawer open revealing the map inside.

Done!

The white nightstand in a boys bedroom.

The waxing striped top of the nightstand.

Red, white and blue bedding on the boys bed.

This painted furniture piece is the perfect chunky nautical nightstand for our boys’ shared nautical themed bedroom. I love the faux planked top and think that it, along with the rope handles, adds so much eye catching character to this once-dated nightstand.

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Chunky Nautical Nightstand with Red White and Blue Faux Planked poster.

Want to give chalky based paint a try? I have some more great projects I have done with Country Chic Paint that you can check out…

Thanks for reading. And remember my housie friends, HOME isn’t built in a day. Enjoy the journey.

 

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9 Comments

  1. What a fun addition to your boys’ room! I love the top of it! Yeah, men just don’t get it do they lol? XO

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