Jonathan Lo, who is no stranger to DIY, interior design, and making things beautiful, is at it again with these painted nightstands. As an addition to his handmade (of course) headboard, he wanted a sleek pair of end tables to contrast the weathered look of the bed. I think he achieved his goal…
This crisp and classic navy blue adds such a handsome appeal to these nightstands. Often folks will cringe at the thought of painting any wood, whatsoever. In this case, when you seen that Jonathan has paired the tables with a beautiful rustic wood headboard that he made, it becomes clear that adding a touch of sleek navy added so much to the overall look of his bedroom vignette.
Jonathan strikes a very mature balance of refined and weathered with this look. It's not surprising, though, when you spend some time on his blog, Happy Mundane, and take in all of his do-it-yourself achievements. It's at once humbling and inspiring and reminds me that I've got a lot of projects to do...
(Images: Jonathan Lo via Happy Mundane)
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Bravo! I like that you left the drawer front exposed.
Awww! I love the two tone treatment! You get the best of both worlds!
leaving the drawer the wood tone was a good choice. really successful!
Ooooohhhh. Looks great!
Much better!
Can you make me two in orange?!?!?
<drool>
Lovely 'after!' Q: Where'd you get the lamp?
I like!
Very nice job and love the lamp as well.
I like it. Really a nice look.
I was prepared to not like these pieces painted because, they look so lovely as is. BUT WOW! Seriously gorgeous execution! You have great style :)
Very nice!
Love
Love that color! And the two-tone is a fantastic choice.
Love it! And I'm with JIM- SAN DIEGO, can I get 2 in orange please????
I'm heading to a huge car boot sale on Sat and this is great inspiration. Colours play is great!
thank goodness!
finally a something where paint was used with some thoughtbehind it. not just some whitewashed shade with the powersander-stain-blend-barf! treatment
I have that lamp from HomeGoods----painted it yellow in my son's nursery!!!!!
I made this same choice recently with a desk (seen here: http://www.thissortaoldlife.com/2012/02/23/desk-renovation/) My reasons:
1. It was a decent piece, but not a super high-quality one. I got it for $35 at a thrift store.
2. The top was really damaged, and getting the whole thing to look great again would take a lot of effort.
3. It was for my son, who doesn't care all that much. I didn't want to spend a ton of time on it.
I got to preserve enough of the wood to keep it looking like the lovely old thing it is, but I didn't have to spend hours on it. Sometimes paint is good.
It's a beauty. I never would have though of that.
Inspired to re-think plans for an all-black chest of drawers...
Love!! Beautiful!!!
I would have liked it better if it was a shade or two lighter in a more peacock blue, that would have been brilliant. Its still a great color choice.
I too didn't expect to like it but I do. Very nice and I love the color blue so all good!
Thumbs up for me.
That looks gorgeous. Wonderfully executed too.
ditto thorndale!
Well done. Would have been too much wood tone next to that headboard; would have been too incongruous if the whole thing had been painted.
Never would I ever think to paint it a dark blue, and that's why I love it! Very different - looks great!
LOVE! Wouldn't have thought of a dark navy. Haha, funny NISIEPIE – I've started searching on Etsy with "-shabby", just can't stand the people who do the "lovely" two-tone stain, and sand it fugly.
Looks lovely!
Simple and lovely. <3<3<3
Great job! The original tables gave you a lot to work with, and you did them proud. I love the blue with the wood tone. I'm always afraid to look at the after if I like the before, but these are a knockout!
Love love love this! Seriously, great job!
Wow! Love this! This would be a great color/idea for my two matching nightstands in my bedroom. It'll be a good project for this summer!
Wow!!!!!! Lovvveeee this!
Re KIRKAT - and here I was thinking this is what should have been done to the shabby peacock blue sideboard from the other week!
I looked at the before photo and almost cried knowing they'd be painted - why not leave furniture alone?
Fantastic! You just inspired me to do this with our nightstands too. But instead of blue, I'm going to use a high-gloss white instead. Great idea! I love them. Thanks for sharing it!
The before was great and so is the after. I think the navy contrasting with the rustic wood headboard is a nice choice. That headboard is really the star of the show.
Awesome! The blue looks beautiful with the wood and I love that you didn't do too much, but what you did had an amazing impact.
Lovely!!!
Looks great! I love the drawer! I would have never thought of that, just painted it all but it makes such a big difference!