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Vintage Vanity turned Nightstands

Black Vintage Farmhouse Nightstands with Rustic Wood Tops by A Ray of Sunlight in Country Chic Paint's Liquorice
Do you have a small bedroom with hardly any room for nightstands beside your bed? If so, you’re not alone! Most vintage nightstands are short and wide, taking up too much space for those tight bedrooms, and then they end up being shorter than the bed! Thankfully there is another solution!
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Black Vintage Farmhouse Nightstands with Rustic Wood Tops by A Ray of Sunlight in Country Chic Paint's Liquorice

These nightstands started out as a vanity, but man was that vanity in rough shape. The top needed some veneer work, and the mirror and mirror frame were loose and wobbly. I just couldn’t imagine the time and headache it would take to fix those problems.
With a screwdriver I was able to remove the mirror, top and the front brace. The back brace wasn’t quite as easy (pictured below), but with 2 quick cuts with the jigsaw (each right against the sides), I ended up with two separate pieces.

The back of the vanity where I used to jigsaw to separate the two sides.
Black Vintage Farmhouse Nightstands with Rustic Wood Tops by A Ray of Sunlight in Country Chic Paint's Liquorice
Black Vintage Farmhouse Nightstands with Rustic Wood Tops by A Ray of Sunlight in Country Chic Paint's Liquorice
I cut and routered out new tops with fresh wood and filled in any holes left from the little demolition. Then I hand sanded and cleaned each piece thoroughly before I started to paint. See how we prep our pieces here.
Using the most amazing paint brush ever, the Painting Sponge, I painted multiple coats of Liquorice until there was even coverage – about 3-4 coats. Then I lightly distressed the edges with a old damp rag, and sealed the paint with multiple coats of top coat.
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I love the painting sponge because it doesn’t leave brush marks like regular paint brushes! And it’s even more amazing when applying a perfect top coat with no streaks!
The tops were stained in special walnut and given multiple coats of Polyurethane for protection.
Black Vintage Farmhouse Nightstands with Rustic Wood Tops by A Ray of Sunlight in Country Chic Paint's Liquorice
How to easily turn a vanity into the perfect tall and skinny nightstands! These black vintage farmhouse nightstands with rustic tops are perfect! Made by A Ray of Sunlight in Country Chic Paint's Liquorice
Once everything was dry, I attached the new tops using the same screw holes and screws that held the original top on, along with a few wood blocks (also from the original top) glued to the sides and some metal L braces on the inside back.
This once worn out vanity is now the perfect solution to small space problems and are tall enough for modern beds!
Black Vintage Farmhouse Nightstands with Rustic Wood Tops by A Ray of Sunlight in Country Chic Paint's Liquorice
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