This is a great transformation!

I love how this turned out!

Oh, I think you did a great job!

I love the after! I think I might even like the after color better than the before. Great job.

I would have also done a different tone of paint, and painted the area where the cane webbing is either black or cut that section out. You can see Gigi doesn't have a solid backing behind the cane. As is it sort of just looks like a piece of wallpaper.

I actually really like it on its own. It doesn't really look like the Gigi except in the broadest aspects, but I like it. The only thing I would change is maybe paint the part behind the caning darker, to make it stand out. Or paint the caning itself.

I'm also really partial to that color in basically all of its variations.

An inspired adaptation! I agree that the cabinet door behind the caning should be dark. Also, since the edge of the caning appears to be a little rough, perhaps some very slim wood molding, with mitered corners, framing the edge of the caning would suggest a higher-end piece even without removing the caning and painting the panel behind.

UO prices are so ridiculous -- good on you for going DIY here. It looks cute.

Wow...everybody is a critic. Everyone is so concerned that it doesn't exactly resemble the inspiration piece, that they're minimizing that it no longer resembles an Ikea piece. I think you did a lovely job.

"Inspired by" doesn't mean something should be expected to be a duplicate.

Neither is my style, but I admire the transformation just the same.

The Gigi looks like someone's cute, successful DIY of a battered old piece -- good idea to just make your own! I'm not a huge fan of painting wood furniture, but in this case the color looks cute and brings out the shape of the feet. Like the handle, too.

Nice transformation....! I wish the color was abit darker.

Whether I like it or not, I always admire anyone who puts forth so much work into making something their own.

The 'lighter' color may just work with the rest of the room so it would be nice to be able to see the room where this piece 'lives' in.

Nice job.

I keep coming back to look at this because it's so utterly delightful.

Very cool! Great job here.

I didn't think they needed to be "transformed". But, omg, the transformation is amazing!!! I love that choice of color, so cheerful!

Hmm... cane webbing! Thanks for this tip!

@Amygoog, who is complainging about painting the boring IKEA wood? It seems everyone likes that it was painted but have productive criticisms about painting behind the cane webbing and some like a darker color.

Relax.

Great job! I like your version best. They have so much more storage space than the originals.

I Like yours better then the original one!

Your version rocks.

great makeover!

I have a UO GiGi and it was not worth the money. This DIY version is just as cute, has more storage space, and is likely much sturdier (mine has a bum leg). Good job!

I dig the DIY a lot more! Hey now, great job.

Cute!

love this so much!

Looks good. Like the two colors; I can imagine a retro bathroom vanity using these colors.

Adorable! I like that it has a shelf underneath too- perfect spot for some books and magazines.

Very cute!
And for the record all you "wood purists" this was the Asplund nightstand - it is not real wood and the faux wood grain looks VERY fake in real life, but passable in photos.
If you saw this in person you'd 100% prefer the after I am sure!

I thought it was cute until I saw the photo of the inspiration-- oooh those turned legs!

Its like the phrase 'putting lipstick on a pig'... most people only see the superficial things (shiny mint green paint! white caning! cute knob!) and therefore miss out on what REALLY makes a peice beautiful and destinctive- its bones. Its shape. Its size, its form.

You have some cute mint green nightstands now, but it isn't the color that makes the Gigi nightstand the Gigi nightstand. Its those legs. The high, unusual proportions of it. The gentle curves of the top, and the trim along three edges of it.

Meagan's version works a lot better as a bedside table (or nightstand for you people) even if the original has lovely turned legs - its probably more appropriate as a single piece of furniture in a living room (as the photos demonstrate).
Well done - great job

I'll be a little critical on the attention paid to keeping the webbing even and straight (and note that UO's version isn't much better,) but otherwise, terrific transformation!

I like reading the comments because I know someone is bound to say something mean and snarky. Why mention what color you'd prefer? She didn't make it for you, so that's totally irrelevant. If you want a darker color, do your own Ikea hack. Jeez.

Nice job! Looks way better.

Nice refurb of a rather plain piece. That said, the UO piece doesn't thrill me, either.

I think I like the green, in someone else's space. Kind of like cats. Great, in someone else's home.

If I were to get a pair of those second hand, I'd change the color slightly to the blue spectrum, but only slightly tuquoise, and swap the door so it opened to the side of the bed for ease of access and view.
Obviously, in a pair, you only do one.

However, th spots did its job. I'm now looking at my side table, which was a sidewalk find, then used under a toaster oven for a decade, and now is my bedside table, and thinking it needs sprucing up.
And it is my day off.
Great combo!
Thanks AT.

Great job! I prefer your version to the UO one, especially with the fancy new knob.

great job! i definitely like yours better :)