Modernized Oak Nightstand / End Table

✨ Modernized Oak Nightstand / End Table ✨

This beautifully refreshed oak nightstand blends timeless quality with a modern touch.

Updated Design: Drawer fronts and top are refinished in a custom light oak and driftwood stain.
Sleek Hardware: Upgraded with slim nickel pulls and knobs.
Functional Details: Smooth easy-slide drawers, softly lined with neutral liners for a clean finish.
Stylish Base: Modern square base adds a contemporary edge while the base is painted in a warm brown with subtle grey tones.
Dimensions: 26" W × 17" D × 22.5" H

Perfect as a bedside table or accent piece, this nightstand combines warmth, practicality, and modern elegance.

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Many pieces are very dirty and need to start with a shop vac detailing even before a scrub

Then proceed with a deep scrub inside out and upside down to get all nooks and crannies. Here I used the spray cleaner and a scrub brush and a warm bucket of water to get in all these areas.

Then the piece is rinsed with clean water and wiped with a towel and left to dry well.

I wanted to stain the top and drawer fronts so started by applying stripper to the top and letting it site.

This finish is very stubborn and here is 4 hours after stripper was applied. I scraped what I could off, neutralized the stripper and let it dry.

My carbide scraper (similar carbide scraper) was a better tool for this stubborn finish.

video view of it at work

The above steps were also done to the drawer fronts. I then moved on to sanding to bare wood with my Festool orbital sander ETS REQ 125 starting at 80 grit and moving to 120.

The same with the top.

Progress moving to 120 grit

There is also a Festool interface pad which makes curved edges easier to sand.

I wanted the piece to have a more modern look so this curvy base design had to go. Using a metal yardstick I marked the areas to cut off.

I purchased this cordless Dewalt 20V Max jigsaw to do the job.

And after watching a couple YouTube videos I gave it a go. It was easy to use.

I marked nice square corners with a metal square.

Now it looks much more modern don't you think?

My orbital sander quickly smoothed the edges.

The top drawer front had more details that required the use of a Soft Grip Contour Scraper Set with 6 Blades switching blades to get all the finish out of the crevices. Then to sand I used this handy little Gator micro sander. It comes with various grit sandpaper and works so well.

To stain and sea; the now bare wood I chose a favorite product - Fusion stain finishing oil.

The first coat I applied was the new light oak color.

I like to apply with a blue shop towel. After about 10 minutes I wipe excess off with a clean blue shop towel and let dry overnight.

This is a very pretty color on this wood. However when dry, the light oak showed the hardware halo still.

I decided to do the next stain color in driftwood stain finishing oil. It worked very well.

I chose the Fusion Mineral Paint {get 10% off your order with this link} color elmwood for the base. It pairs very nicely with the stain color. It is the first time I have tried this color but won't be the last.

This is the first coat of elmwood on.

This step is NOT necessary, I only did it to change the sheen of the wood surfaces. Clear furniture wax was rubbed into the wood surfaces then excess wiped and buffed to a shine about 20 minutes later.

Time for new easy slide feet ...

Using a fine drill bit in my Dewalt cordless drill, I drilled tiny holes on each corner.

Then the easy slide furniture feet were carefully tapped into place. Perfect!

And the last step is to line the oil stained drawers with some pretty soft neutral floral wall paper I have on hand. It was cut to size, went and smoothed into place.

Now to update the hardware - NEW 3" stainless steel bar pulls from D Lawless Hardware were added along with round knobs in keeping with the modern look

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