Woven Drawer Entrance Nightstand Makeover

Should you just like the contemporary look of woven, cane webbing for rattan drawer or door fronts on furnishings you’ll like this very budget-friendly furnishings makeover. It’s simple woven finish desk that doesn’t require any paint or energy instruments. The perfect half is it will probably value as little as $10 and be accomplished in an hour or two.

Nightstand – BEFORE

This DIY cane webbing furnishings hack all began after I merely wished to cowl the yellowing/darkening clock motif lining I added years in the past to the white wooden tray that’s on my nightstand.

I used to be going to make this submit an Insta-Type submit in regards to the makeover of the tray solely, however you know the way it’s when one thought blossoms into one other.

I spotted what I had deliberate to do to the tray, I may additionally do on the drawer fronts of the small chest of drawers I name my nightstand. It’s nonetheless a quick and straightforward furnishings makeover, however now not prompt.

The Cane & Rattan Fronted Furnishings Pattern

When adorning, traits could make our properties look refreshed. They’re thrilling and new. All of us like that. However the draw back of traits is that they exit of favor as quick as they got here in.

After I add a adorning pattern like I did to this woven aspect desk, I like to seek out methods so as to add the pattern to my decor in a small manner. That is what I did with my nightstand.

I discussed yesterday that I’m not a fan of reeded wooden furnishings, however I do like furnishings that’s wrapped or fronted with woven supplies utilizing wicker, caning, raffia, jute, rattan, or rush.

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These sturdy fibers are getting used on every part from mattress frames, dressers, consoles, chairs to smaller ornamental gadgets.

Serena & Lily

I particularly just like the look of woven raffia on furnishings like this stylish nightstand above (Serena & Lily – $998.00). It’s an instance of the wrapped raffia method. The body has been lined with woven raffia by hand after which coated with a transparent lacquer.

What I don’t like about this nightstand is the worth tag. With somewhat willpower, I discovered a method to get the high-end search for an entire lot much less.

What I Used to Create DIY Woven Entrance Dresser Drawers for Much less

What makes the makeover of my nightstand really easy to do is making use of cheap, ready-made woven desk placemats that you would be able to purchase on-line or at HomeGoods, TJ Maxx and Marshalls.

This type of woven vinyl placemats are available a wide range of colours and value about $10 for a set of 6. Their sizes can fluctuate, however most are round 13″ x 19″. They’re manufactured from vinyl, making them simple to wipe clear.

This simple DIY woven entrance furnishings makeover works effectively on nightstands or on items of furnishings which can be smaller in scale as the dimensions of a woven placemat will match the width or top wanted to cowl a drawer entrance, tray or desk high.

For bigger items of furnishings, the placemats will work when protecting dresser drawers which have a smaller recessed space on the middle of every drawer entrance. The placemat dimension might match these recessed areas on some kinds of dresser or cupboard drawers.

When you’ve got a bigger piece of furnishings and actually just like the woven raffia entrance or wrapped look, think about using considered one of these two choices that are available wider widths:

Peel & Stick Grasscloth Wallpaper
Raffia Material by the yard

Find out how to Makeover a Plain Piece of Furnishings to Have Woven Drawer Fronts

Nightstand – AFTER

This small chest of drawers was a hand-me-down from Ed’s grandparents. It’s a handmade piece with some quirks. It has additionally had a couple of layers of paint in its previous, however I’ve all the time liked it. When I discovered the tray match completely on high a couple of years in the past, the 2 items now appear like one.

Whole Value of Makeover: $10.00

I didn’t have to color my nightstand, however in case you have a chunk of furnishings that wants portray. Let the paint dry a couple of days earlier than including the woven placemats to make sure they are going to adhere.

provides wanted:

Woven vinyl placemats – see coloration sources on the finish of the submit
Spray adhesive
Scissors
Craft knife

Time wanted: 2 hours.

Funds Furnishings Makeover: Find out how to Add Woven Fronts to Dresser Drawers Utilizing Woven Desk Placemats

Measure Drawer Fronts
Take away every drawer and measure the width and top of every.

Use massive scissors to chop a chunk of the placemat that’s barely bigger than the measurements. You wish to have somewhat extra to be sure to get an ideal match. As soon as the placemat is fitted on the drawer entrance, you may lower any extra away.
Apply Spray Adhesive
Go exterior and spray the entrance of the drawer with an excellent coat of spray adhesive ensuring to get the perimeters and corners. Do the identical on one aspect of the lower piece of the placemat.

IMPORTANT: For one of the best bond, be sure that to spray each the floor of the drawer in addition to the mat. When each surfaces have adhesive on them creates a really strong bond that may final.

TIP: Use a big piece of cardboard to cowl the within of the drawer when spraying. This can maintain adhesive overspray from moving into the drawer.
Add Placemat

Line up the placemat on the drawer entrance adhesive aspect down. Ensure the weave is working straight and even with the highest of the drawer and is protecting the perimeters. Then run your hand firmly over the placemat to verify each a part of it’s sticking to the entrance of the drawer.
Trim Extra

Utilizing a craft knife, lay the drawer face down on a slicing floor. Working from the below aspect of the drawer, tilt the drawer somewhat in direction of you after which run the blade of the knife proper in opposition to the sting of the drawer to take away the surplus placemat. Repeat for the opposite edge.

Repeat this course of for every drawer.

Let the adhesive dry earlier than inserting the drawers again into the dresser.

Should you discover a nook or fringe of a placemat is just not sticking to a drawer, apply some fast tack glue on a small paint brush and run it below the realm to get the glue below the placemat. Then press the realm along with your hand to make sure adhesion.
Connect Knobs or Pulls
Use an axe from the within of the drawer and poke via to the entrance of the drawer so you may see the place the opening is for every knob.

Place the tip of the axe into this gap on the face aspect of the drawer and wiggle it round to make the opening sufficiently big to suit the knob screw.

Place knobs on and safe.
Non-obligatory Steps
I positioned the unique knobs again on to my nightstand, however earlier than I did I wished to take away the rust coloration on the screw heads to reveal the chrome coloration beneath.

To do that I used a wire brush on my Dremel Multi-Use Instrument. It’s my favourite instrument and does so many issues that make DIY’ing doable. 🙂
Find out how to Make a Woven Liner for a Tray
Lay the placemat into the tray. Fold extra and mark with pencil.
Minimize Placemat
Use scissors to chop placemat to dimension.
Place in Tray

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Woven Placemat Assets:

If beige is just not your coloration, take a look at the number of placemat colours I discovered that you should use to remodel a small merchandise or piece of furnishings in your house.

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