Happy Tuesday! Things have been crazy busy around here lately. My oldest is starting kindergarten this week. He’s doing the half day program so I’ll still get to hang with him for most of the day, but he’s super excited about starting at his new school.
Today’s project is a fun little challenge sponsored by the lovely folks at Hickory Hardware. Here’s the details: Hickory Hardware contacted us and 8 other DIY bloggers and asked if we’d like to participate in an IKEA Rast Hack challenge. They sent each of us an IKEA Rast dresser, hardware from Hickory Hardware, and a gift card to Menard’s to purchase Pittsburgh Paint & Stains, and any other supplies we wanted to use.
The IKEA Rast is a very basic 3-drawer chest just begging for some bling. It’s smaller in size, more like a nightstand than a dresser really.
For the challenge, we were asked to use Pittsburgh Paint & Stains “Trim Door and Furniture Paint” from Menard’s. This is an oil-based paint, and with all oil-based paints it has a strong odor so it’s best to use it in a well ventilated area. It also has a long drying time (at least 24 hours), but the best part is we only had to use one coat. We chose “Antique Beige” for our paint color but to me it’s more of a grey tone than a beige.
With our gift cards to Menard’s, we purchased wood to build a top for the dresser. We also added a bottom so we had something to screw the legs into. We cut a 1″x4″ piece of wood to fill in the gap at the bottom, and purchased trim for the drawer fronts.
Now I have to admit our initial plan didn’t work out for this dresser. We’re going to try it on another dresser soon so I’m not going to give away the details, but when it didn’t work we were stumped with which direction we should go with this dresser. We had already painted it and ordered our hardware, and I was having serious creative block on how to finish it.
The next day we were picking up a few things at JoAnn’s and I found this burlap. The flowers on the burlap were an exact match to the paint we used on the dresser. I know this because, sloppy painter that I am, I had some of the paint on my forearm. We decided to bring some of it home and see if we could make it work.
We cut the burlap to fit the drawer fronts and used this easy method for adhering burlap to furniture.
We finished it up by adding these gorgeous knobs from Hickory Hardware. I love that the design on the hardware sort of mimics the flowers on the burlap.
Hickory Hardware will be sharing all of this month’s IKEA Rast hacks on their facebook page so fans can vote for their favorite. You can vote for our IKEA Rast hack by clicking the link below.
Update: The contest is now over, and our dresser took 2nd place! Thanks so much to everyone who voted for us.
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This is GORGEOUS!!!! That burlap is just perfect on it!!
Thanks so much, Emily!
This turned out gorgeous!! I can’t believe you pulled it all together, even though your first plan didn’t work out (which, by the way, I can’t wait to see later on!). Everything fits so well together, it seems like it was your original plan all along. It’s beautiful!
Thank you, Jenny!
I can’t get over how gorgeous this dresser is! That burlap was such a beautiful touch. Looooove it so much!
Thank you, Sarah!
Love this, going to vote for ya!!
Thank you, Cheryl!
Hey ladies! You did a creative and magnificent makeover on this Ikea dresser! We can’t believe that the drawer fronts are burlap…so very pretty. And, we love your handy paint sample 🙂 You’ve got our votes!
Thank you so much, ladies! And yes, the paint sample did come in handy, haha!
This is is so beautiful! I know you said it gave you a fit but wow, it doesn’t look like it at all. The dresser is totally gorgeous and i would have this in my home any day of the week. Love it, voted, pinned and will share on FB tonight. Hugs, Coco
I know you had problems with this project, but you’d never know it by the look of the finished dresser (nightstand 🙂 ) I’ve never seen burlap like that. It’s really pretty and looks like it was made to go on your project! You styled the top of the dresser perfectly, too. The dishes are really pretty and I have the same bird on a book!
Such a gorgeous piece, Amy! I’m sorry for all the struggles you went through but it was totally worth it 🙂
Great transformation, Amy. It’s so cute now!! p.s. Your story about matching fabric to the paint color on your forearm cracked me up! 😀
It’s absolutely amazing! The colour looks awesome, the hardware is perfect and that burlap … SO pretty! And I totally had a chuckle at your DIY paint swatch 😉
That looks so good!!! I just voted for you guys!
Thank you, Marty!!
This could not have turned out more gorgeous! I don’t know what your previous idea was, but it would have to be pretty grand to top this! The burlap is perfect with the hardware. I agree with you, this paint looks much more grey than beige. So pretty, you got my vote!
Thank you so much, Judy!
Absolutely gorgeous !