GUEST ROOM BEDSIDE TABLE PROJECT

One of the first projects I completed in the New Home was this small set of drawers. Early 20th Century Australian basic piece of furniture which I bought in a Retro on Regent in Redfern. Its top was painted yellow, with the base and drawers in the original wood.

I sanded it back and glued some wobbly drawers. The drawer pulls were all rusty, but came up a great dull bronze colour once they were rubbed with steel wool. It got two coats of Dulux's Silt (lightened somewhat) which looks great with the bronze pulls.

The colour was inspired by the photos of this similar set of drawers in the window of Black and Spiro.

And this set of drawers from The Newlywed Diaries. 

I originally bought it thinking it could be a hall table but the proportions were all wrong (too low). So it was re-deployed as the second bedside table in the guest room. Here it is with its new lamp on top.