Everything started with a TV. Yes you heard it right.
Jump to the steps on how I did it
Last here when we moved here, our TV console got damaged in transit and we love watching TV a lot. So the first TV stand we saw at IKEA, we bought it; needless to say it didn’t go with our style or color palette.
Fast forward to October 2021, I decided at last that I have to do something about this space.
After some browsing when we couldn’t find anything within our price range and waiting time (yes that’s a factor to consider now than ever) we decided to make our own.
I’ve worked with IKEA RAST before, these are perfect to work with, paint it or stain it, add your personal touches; there are endless possibilities. So undoubtedly it was the first choice, we went to IKEA and picked up two of those and started working on it.
Materials and Tools Needed
- 2 IKEA Rast
- 6 drawer pulls (I already had those from my previous projects and I love them)
- Sherwin Williams Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) paint in eggshell
- Zinsser primer (it is the best I’ve known)
- Molding 1 (braided)
- Molding 2 (for the drawer fronts)
- Pine for the top (2X12X12) and 1X4 for the leg support
- Legs (bought a chair few months back from Facebook Marketplace and cut of the legs. used them here and my other projects. Best value for a $5 chair
- Top coat – Behr water based polyurethane
- Varathane Provincial stain
- Danish oil
- Wood glue and filler
- Screws
- Drill driver and bits
- Sander
- Screwdriver
- Circular saw
- Kreg pocket hole jig
- Clamps
- Foam paint roller
Steps
1. Assemble as per the instructions but move the wooden piece at the bottom to the front so that it is flush with the drawer fronts
2. Original holes for the drawer pulls were filled with wood filler and new holes were drilled at the center for the new hardware
3. Moldings (1 inch) were added to the drawer fronts to give them a shaker style look. I had cut 12 pieces each of 22.5″ and 7.5″ pieces from the 1″ wide molding for the 6 drawers. I attached them to the drawer with wood glue and kept them clamped for 45 mins.
4.Primed the drawer fronts and sides with 2 coats of the white primer
5. Applied paint to all the surfaces with my high density foam roller and I used 3 coats of paint.
6. Joined the 2 separate unites together using 12 1 1/8″ screws, making sure both of them are perfectly aligned and level. Once they are joined, I attached the braided molding over the joint to make it seamless.
7. Attached 4 pieces of 1X4 pine pieces cut into 24″ length at the bottom and attached the legs to it using 1.5″ screws.
8. Simultaneously made the top. I wanted the top to be 51″X16″ but could not find an exact size so I cut a 2x12x12 pine into two 51″ pieces and again cut them in 8″ lengthwise and joined them side by side. I drilled some pocket holes and used 2″ screws and wood glue to attach them.
9. I wanted this particular stain for the top but could not find the exact one, it was either too dark or not according to my liking. As same stain behaves differently on different wood and pine is tricky to work with stain, I decided to create my own custom stain by mixing 2 parts of Danish oil with one part of “provincial” stain and I couldn’t be more happy.
10. Lastly I applied the water based polyurethane topcoat. I let the paint dry for 2 days before applying the topcoat. I’ve heard that polyurethane is best applied with a foam brush, I tried that before but saw a little bit of streaks in the finish so this time I used a soft cotton rag to apply the topcoat and the finish turned out to be perfect.
Cost
- IKEA RAST – 2x $50
- Paint 1 Qt – $27
- Primer 1 Qt – $34
- Braided molding – $9
- Flat molding – $34
- Wood for top – $37.19
- Wood for leg support – $5.88
All prices are in Canadian dollar
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