This project started about a year ago when I knew I would be moving into my own apartment and had no furniture. I was craigslisting like crazy to find pieces that I liked and knew over time I would redo them, but not sure how. I found a deal on 2 matching night stands and a nightstand/little cabinet for about $25 if I remember right. I went out to look at them and ended up taking home a book case and the fish tank hutch as well. About $50 later I had 5 pieces of furniture that smelled like weird craigslist house. When I got the keys to my new place the furniture was moved in and promptly painted white (they were all in various forms of ugly). Everything was painted white with very very very light green details (I was scared to commit to something darker, but slowly it is all being changed). Fast forward to now. I redid a dresser and painted it bright green with gold knobs and just love it.
After much deliberation about what to do with my adorable French inspired night stands I decided to take the plunge and paint them bright green to match the dresser. I did not do much prep work on the nightstands like sand them down, which was a bit of a mistake but life goes on and I was too excited this time to wait. Usually when redoing furniture it is a good idea to sand it first. I just cleaned this really well and started spray painting. The color I used for the dresser and nighstands was Rust-Oleum Painters Touch in Eden. This color is hard to find, I tried to find it in the town my parents live in, literally not in any store in town or the next town over. I could only find it at my Home Depot. It's a beautiful bright green, it really reminds me of the Pacific Northwest and all the lush trees.
Nightstands before, and my assistant too haha
Spray paint in my experience is the best to paint furniture with, it is easy to even out and dries pretty quickly. 
Nightstands during painting, they look so different in green!
Bedroom with nightstands back in, iphone camera would not focus correctly :(
Dan's nightstand
Top of my nightstand
Whole nightstand
Anyways, I put a few coats of the spray paint on the nightstands and then a gloss on top to project from water stains and whatnot on top of the nightstands. They are lovely. This was a pretty easy project that required no tools and was quick enough for me to do after work and stick back in my bedroom the next day. One of the easiest ways to revamp a piece of furniture is to paint it another color!
Until next time,
Kerri
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