Last fall I decided to give our Dutchman Sport travel trailer a little facelift.  The original interior was green and the crazy upholstery fabric did not fit my taste.  What started out as an idea to freshen the bathroom because a full on renovation, and ironically the bathroom will be the LAST room to be completed.  

It's still a work in progress, but here are a few photos are where we have come so far.

I was determined to not spend too much money on finding nightstands for our master bedroom. We have never had an official nightstand, although we have used a bookshelf or dresser to keep a lamp nearby or to set our phones on for most of our married life.  Since we've been focusing quite a bit of time on our master bedroom this fall and winter, I decided it was time to get something with drawers that allowed us to keep our random items out of sight. Since I didn't want to pay the price for new, I thought I would search some of our local flea markets and second hand stores, but assumed I would have a pretty hard time finding a matching set.  By an act of providence, not long into my search I went into Goodwill and saw a set of matching nightstands!! I snatched up the tags and headed to the register!  My trip had been successful...or so I thought.

After bringing the nightstands into the house it became quickly apparent that they were not going to fit well in our master bedroom.  There was just enough room between the wall and the door...IF the second nightstand was pulled out from the wall and pushed against the mattress.  It sure was sure nice to have a nightstands with drawers for the few days it lasted, but I knew that couldn't be their permanent home.  Since we were in the middle of a whole house bedroom refresh, I hoped we would find a place for them in one or the kids rooms. About a week later, we finally had sufficiently finished renovations on our basement bathroom and bedroom to move the kids into their own rooms.

Throughout the furniture moving process the biggest question was what to do for dressers.  Our daughters had been sharing a room and were now getting their own.  Because none of our bedrooms are very big (per the reason the nightstands didn't fit in the master) the dresser in the girls room was very small and we kept it in the closet.  This however, left little room for hanging the ever-getting-taller dresses.  The little dresser and wardrobe moved into our youngest daughters room, which left us in need of something for our oldest daughter to keep her clothes in.

We moved the nightstands to our daughters room (along with a full size bed) and they fit PERFECTLY, one on each side of her bed!

Before we moved the kids into their own rooms, I had talked with each of them about what they wanted their rooms to look like.  Did they have any colors they wanted?  Which furniture did they prefer?  My oldest daughter had said she wanted pink, white, and gold.  The girls room was already pink and cream so this was perfect, We could use a lot of what we already had on hand!  Since both girls wanted pink rooms, I'll be able to switch things back and forth between the two rooms as needed to freshen the look now and then.

When I bought the nightstands, no, even before I bought the nightstands, I had every intention of painting them. Both for style, and because there was some damage to the finish.  Since I'm increasing the neutral tones and whites in our house, I thought these nightstand/dressers would look good in a light color, but I didn't want white since we already had a white bed wrought iron bed frame and comforter going into this room. It's   trending to use SW Revere Pewter as a light neutral greige.  I've seen it on baseboard, trim, wainscoting, and furniture all over instagram.  Thankfully, had just enough left over paint in SW Revere Pewter left over from the main living space that I could use it for this project.

As I prepared to paint the nightstands, I pulled them out into the center of the room and put a large piece of cardboard underneath them to catch any paint drips.  I washed both of them well and removed the knobs.  A light sanding with a fine grit sandpaper probably would have been wise, but prep is my least favorite step, so I skipped it.

Since I prefer to skip the sanding, I like to start out most of my painting projects with a nice coat of primer.  Sinzer brand interior primer has been my go-to, and provides the bonding needed between the finished wood and paint.  

For this project I used a small roller and a paintbrush to apply a single coat of primer.

After letting the primer dry, I added two coats of an interior latex paint in an eggshell finish. The first coat I applied in an afternoon, and the second coat the next morning.  Both with a roller and brush.

For smaller touchups on areas that needed additional coverage I used a small artist paintbrush after the second coat had dried.

Since my daughter wanted gold accents, I selected Rub N Buff as my "paint" of choice for the knobs.  It's actually a unique wax based finish, that also adds texture depending on the method of use.  I couldn't believe how hard it was to come by in our area, so I had to order it online.  

I chose antique gold, and that is what I used for this project, but the gold has more brown and orange to it that I had originally pictured, so I may be redoing this at some point.

I painted the knobs in two steps with a small artist brush.  First, the face and around the sides, giving me the shaft to hold onto.  A short dry time later, I painted the shafts and allowed them to dry overnight.

After assembling the pieces again, the project is done!   A simple makeover that took these nightstands from Goodwill to glam.

Total Project Price:  $36 for two nightstands