Cute, Unique and Easy Nightstand!

When we moved in to our first home I was least concerned with our bedroom, seeing as the house needed a lot of attention in the living room/ dinning room and other high traffic areas. But lately i've been noticing cute bedrooms on Pintrest and decided it was time to do some sprucing of my own. I thought, I'll start simple....new nightstand. Between price range, storage needs and size I found this plain jane "chest of drawers" from Ikea.

For $69.00 I thought how could I go wrong (quality was suprisingly good). Some new hardware and I could picture this dresser in a whole new light. I decided on a trip to Anthropologie for knobs. They were a bit more than I had planned on spending ($12.00 ea) but I figured I got off easy on the dresser. They were exactly what I wanted, vintage looking, sparkly and classy. 

Supplies:

Ikea Dresser

Knobs

Tools:

Cordless Drill

Drill Bit (1/4 in. for the knobs we used)

Tape Measure

Pencil

File

Dykes

Cresent Wrench 

For this size dresser we decided knob placement was perfect at 8 inches in from each drawers edge and 4 inches down from the top of each drawer. Measured and marked where holes were to be drilled. Drilled carefully through each mark. Installed knobs, straightened and tightened. Cut excess thread off, that was exposed in the interior of the drawer. Filed remaining backing to remove sharp edges.

I'm happy with the turn out, simple, fun and looks much better than the lonely shelf I was using as a nightstand previously!