DIY DIY Ikea Rast Makeover amongst Weathered Gray Wood Stain

November 09, 2017

measurement tutorial for taking a plainly Ikea nightstand together with staining it gray for a weathered loo DIY DIY Ikea Rast Makeover amongst Weathered Gray Wood Stain

Hey ya'll!

So, I intend I've pinned close 400 Ikea Rast Hacks, but I've never really done 1 of my own. Mostly because there's no Ikea anywhere close Knoxville, but also because I dear 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 banking enterprise check out what this Rast work concern was all about.

I was pretty excited to discovery that you lot tin gild Ikea materials online, AND that the Rast was solely $35.
I'm likely the solely mortal inwards the basis who didn't know this information.

It arrived inwards a tiny petty box together with looked deceptively simple.

And together with therefore I started unpacking the box.

And right away regretted telling Jesse that I wanted to practice this on my own.

It eventually started to receive got shape.

And subsequently three reruns of Top Chef, a tiny wooden foursquare of a dresser was born.

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

Then, I called Jesse dorsum into my 'workspace' together with asked him to manage me drill some additional holes for my hardware.

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

I tested out several unlike stains together with 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 1 time 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 hold off really 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, every bit this volition brand the woods soak upward the stain better.

This is crucial.

2. Use a dropcloth amongst a plastic layer to protect your floors, every bit the stain is messy together with volition run.

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

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

The procedure is really every bit uncomplicated every bit simply brushing on the stain. The directions tell to wipe off the excess, but I works life that it looked agency amend if I simply permit the stain absorb into the woods together with and therefore dry.

My solely electrical load would live the smell. The topcoat I used was H2O based together with didn't odor at all, but the stain was fossil oil based together with gave off a lot of fumes. So, simply brand certain to ventilate your workspace.

I naively started staining the dresser inwards the bedroom, where I commonly paint, together with right away realized, NOPE, this isn't going to work. Cut to me inwards a hazmat adapt inwards the haunted solid room amongst 2 fans together with opened upward windows.

Learn from my mistakes. Buy a solid amongst a non-gross garage.

Once the dresser was dry, I added some pretty petty Victorian brass loving cup pulls that I works life here.

They added the perfect petty amount of sass.

I'm simply therefore happy amongst the agency these petty nightstands turned out, together with they jibe perfectly inwards the finished invitee bedroom.

I simply finally finished this room, subsequently paradigm the walls

(Benjamin Moore Chelsea Gray), together with installing novel trim.

NEVER AGAIN, YA'LL.

It finally all came together amongst the add-on of the ii Rasts, an upholstered bed I works life on Craigslist, a shiny novel chandelier, together with my favorite petty zebra rug from Rugs USA.

And hither are the residuum of the beginning details inwards 1 handy place...just inwards example you're curious:

Zebra rug: Rugs USA

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

Bedding: White duvet encompass 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 position to a greater extent than endeavor into that.

That's all for today, ya'll!

Thank you lot therefore much for beingness hither together with for caring close what goes on inwards my petty 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 run across the other versions here, here, and, here if you're curious. :)