Finally getting around to sharing the first of my Brimfield refurbishment projects! The story of my nightstands is a long and excruciating one. To start, I searched for nightstands to fit in the small nooks next to my bed for weeks on craigslist to no avail. At Brimfield though, I magically happened upon two matching nightstands, that fit my measurement requirements, and were only $20 each! Here’s what they looked like before:
They needed some love and some new paint and hardware. I found the perfect color, Glidden’s French Grey, and scored an amazing deal on some knobs at anthropologie. I fell for the intricate carvings and worn ivory texture of the knobs. They were perfect! (Or so I thought).
After painting the nightstands, and adding on the hardware — I was, to put it lightly, devastated with the outcome. From far away (as in — at the end of the bed), the knobs looked like unfinished wood and made the grey paint look much more like a blue. They had a shabby-chic-country look and that wasn’t my intention at all.
After some deliberation (and whining and moaning) I settled on changing out the hardware to see if I could “save” the look. I’ve admired ring pulls before and decided to bite the bullet and order them:
The result? A total save — I’m so happy with the new hardware. The grey looks more grey, and the nightstands no longer look like $20 outcasts!
That looks fantastic – the knobs were beautiful, but not right for the piece. Great decision!
Becca
These turned out great, what a save! I just hate when things don’t go as planned. I’m sure you can find somewhere else to use the anthro knobs but I love the pulls you got!
I love that you saved them:) I am eyeballing some pulls of my own, it looks so pulled together, good job!
I of course LOVE the anthro knobs and the country look it had, but I also love those ring pulls, they are so much more you and they look really elegant. nice work!
cute!!
whew! that shit happens to me all the time!
the ring pulls are fantastic!
Really sweet.
Im a new reader and I am loving your blog! I have been searching for a nightstand that I then want to paint for some time, when I saw this post I was wondering if you had any tips for painting furniture?