Cheap Frills

This is one of our nightstands BEFORE I got my hands on it.  Our bed requires the aid of a footstool to hoist in to it.  The nightstand was so low, I had to find a way to get it higher to match the height of the bed.  Soo....... 

 

.....with a little help from Pinterest, a trip to Lowes, and some creative risks, I put together a plan to make this work.  

I had to figure out a way to attach the new 'legs' because the nightstand on Pinterest was not quite the challenge this one was.  They only had to screw the new legs in to the bottom of the existing legs.  Too easy~

I had to rig a way to attach some 1 x 4 boards to the bottom to have a foundation to put the brackets and the legs.

Once the foundation was in place, I screwed in the corner brackets that the legs screw in to.

Now what??  look at the ugly part where the new legs join the old part...ICK

Back to Lowes to get some decorative trim to cover up the 'ugly'.  I LOVE Gorilla Glue...If you ever use it, you better be darn sure of what you are gluing down...it will NOT come apart once it is set.

Now the fun part....If you have never used Annie Sloan chalk paint, you don't know what you are missing.  It is the most forgiving, slap-it-on paint you will ever use.  Be careful though.  Once you discover this paint you will want to paint everything in sight.

Here is the finished product.  It only took about 2 hours to do two nightstands and now it is much more functional.  Ta-daaaaa