My friend Kelly is super talented. When I saw her beautifully transformed Ikea rast nightstand in this post, I knew I had to copy it for our bedroom! The funny thing is that she is so creative, this post wasn’t even about the nightstand, it was about the Ikea lamp that she hacked. But she gave me a few pointers on how to create my own beautiful nightstand.

Here is what the Rast nightstand looks like. It is only $34.99, but not super beautiful out of the box, so you need to do a little work.

I went to Home Depot and picked out a color I liked and then had them mix it up for me in their cheapest paint+primer. I got the small can and I think it was about $15. I did two coats of paint on the nightstand, which already really improved the look of it.

Then, on Mother’s Day, Ben installed all the hardware for me. It took a lot longer than I was expecting because there were so many screws (60 in all!). But I think it was worth it (thanks Ben!). What a difference paint and hardware can make!

I also painted the nightstand on my side of bed (the Ikea one is on Ben’s side–lucky duck!). I am so happy with the finished look in our bedroom!