The Midas Touch - Gold Etagere

Those of you who follow me on Instagram know that I've been working on an IKEA hack. My latest obsession has been the vittsjo hack from a black bookcase to a glamorous gold one. I'll be sharing my update Wednesday as this week's Hump Day Home Makeover, but until then...my inspiration.

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Bedroom Makeover - Impromptu IKEA hack

So the other night, all this IKEA hack talk finally got to me. A few months ago I bought the IKEA Hemnes black-brown night stand, but once I made my navy blue headboard I wasn't the biggest fan of the black and blue combo. So I decided to take a very impulsive stab at redoing my IKEA nightstand.

I picked up some handles from Anthropologie, and used some gold acrylic paint I had left over from my last painting project,

And volia! My new beside table:

I didn't sand my nightstand before painting, but the paint seems to be sticking to the wood. I'm hoping no chipping happens and am planning on adding modge podge as a protective coating, so I'll let you know how that works out.

Here's the before and after:

I'm really happy with the change! The new nightstand is a similar color to this Urban Outfitters nightstand I was eyeing earlier this year.

Have you done an IKEA hack or have one on your to-do list?

IKEA Hacks

Coming in at a close second on my home decor guilty pleasures list are IKEA hacks. 

Don't get me wrong I love IKEA, but the Sh*t Nobody Says video has a point. 

And voila hacks were invented. 

Ok, so I really have no idea who initiated IKEA hacks, but I love them. 

And how could you not?

 As long as you're a bit crafty you can turn any IKEA piece into a unique (and expensive looking) piece of furniture. My favorite item to hack right now is the Rast dresser. It's super cheap and unfinished making it an easy target!

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Happy hacking :)

for the love of decor // ikea edland

Last December, I was shopping around IKEA for a new bedside table to go in my new apartment. I really liked the EDLAND collection, but since all of my other furniture was dark brown or white it didn't really make sense. The collection is actually pretty unique for IKEA which is what caught my attention.

Flash forward a few months and my buyer's remorse set in - the furniture started popping up all over design blogs with awesome things you could use it for, and the line had been discontinued. The EDLAND tables were turned into a sink...

a bar cart...

redone as a set of buffet tables...

a changing table (not what sold me, but still a pretty cool idea), etc.

I think you get my point. So after searching Craigslist and eBay, I was out of luck until I started my move to NYC. I was up there last week looking for an apartment, and decided to check Craigslist again to find the side table. It was for sale in Midtown in mint condition and cheap! 

A subway ride later and I had it...outside...on the curb...with no car...and the table was MUCH bigger than it looked in pictures. 

Seriously.

I was so awkward trying to carry this thing into the elevator that some random guy offered to carry it out for me. His football tuck of the table walking out didn't make me feel much better about my awkward waddle.

The culprit:

With the help of an amazingly nice taxi driver, who helped me try to fit it into the trunk, the back of the cab, the trunk again, and got his bag stolen in the process by another cab driver, some nice people who held the door for me to my building, the security guard who shot me a thumbs up when I was doing some more awkward waddling and backward lean to get it through the security gate, and a very bruised arm...I managed to get this table back to Tribeca.

What would you do for the love of decor?