Beautify your Drawers Tutorial

I have a fun tutorial today 

that I think you are gonna LOVE cuz it is cute and EASY!

Do you have some nightstands, a dresser or a desk

that has drawers that look like this?

boring huh?!
and ugly :(

The old oak furniture is so fun to redo

its is all the craze right now
but the insides are always forgotten

and I just feel like they need a little somethin somethin 

or it just doesn't look finished to me

Well I had a fun idea to spruce up my nightstand drawers

so come a long with me

I promise you will love them when we are done
and will go get your supplies to do your own

The very first thing you want to do is clean

I just wiped them out 

then washed them with a wet rag

Then after it dried 

I went over it with a Clorox wipe

and then we are ready to go

Supplies you will need:

-Paper (any color, any pattern, whatever look you are going for)

This is where you get to make it your own

I decided on brown and white houndstooth paper

I got it from Hobby lobby and used about 15 sheets of 12X12

You could also use wrapping paper but I couldn't find one I wanted

-Mod Podge

-Sponge brushes

-Scissors or paper cutter or both

(the paper cutter is nice to get the perfect crisp straight lines

Lets look at that awesome paper I chose again :)

It is perfect and just what I was going for 

I love it against my yellow 

sshhh I just have you a hint and sneak peak into my 

nightstand redo...you will kinda notice it in the pics

But don't look too close yet

next week you will see the awesome transformation

This is what I did:

First I measured the paper up against all the edges marked them 

and cut them 

some I had to piece together but luckily with patterns you can't even tell

Next I took the mod podge and put them all up around the edges

then I glued the paper to the main bottom part of the draw

using the mod podge

You want to make sure you don't have bubbles in the paper

you want it to be smooth

so to do this... after I glued the paper down 

I took a card (like a credit card or scrapper) and ran it along the paper

making it smooth and removing all bubbles

Then you want to let that sit and dry

I let it sit over night with all the paper on it

The next day I went over top of the 

paper with mod podge to give it

that smooth glossy finish

I wanted to do this to protect the paper 

I feel like nightstands get a lot of use

so it will probably need some protecting

and also so it is easy to clean and dust

This is keep it looking nice

I did one coat let it completely dry and then did a second coat

 

 

And viola 

Isn't it pretty?!

 

 

 Let's be reminded of the before and after shall we?!

Yes please

Doesn't it look like one billion times better? :)

and it is so easy

I promise you will love it

ahh it is so cute 

sometimes I just open my drawers

just to see how cute it is inside

And my hubby doesn't even mind having 

cute nightstands inside 

Its like a hidden surprise :)

My nightstand

Hubby's nightstand

Maddux wants to say a little hello to you all

This boy LOVES shoulder rubs

I know what one year old likes their shoulders rubbed?

Oh my heck he sat like this forever just 

letting my little brother massaging his back

He must be MY son :)

Oh my heck we went out to dinner one night

last week and his

little meal came with a sucker 

He was in heaven

This post is linked up to my parties HERE

and here

Feel free to email me or leave a comment with any questions 

I will get back to you all 

Cuz I LOVE you :)

Thank you for all your support and for reading

Stay tuned for a fun LMM  giveaway tomorrow :)