The Weathered Door

Orange, Grey and White Geometric Nightstand

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And… I’m back at it with this geometric and mid century mix that I love so much! I really wonder if I’ll ever get tired of it… I guess we’ll have to see 🙂 I originally created the first geometric nightstand last year and recently added the geometric design to the top drawer of an MCM dresser. Both times I used the same colors for the design, black, white and a bright blue, but this time I changed up the colors.

Lately I’ve been drawn to everything orange. After choosing orange as the accent, I picked white for contrast and a dark grey as the third color. Instead of using one of those 3 colors for the rest of the nightstand, I went with light grey. It’s not as heavy, but still pairs well with other colors. I think my favorite part is that fact that the original wood is part of the design.

This little nightstand came from goodwill. It has a cute mid century modern shape, but it also had a laminate top.

I started with the drawer – sanding with 320 grit sandpaper and then adding the design. Sharp lines are key to making the design look nice and pop, and if you want to know how I get clean lines, I share how here. I worked by color on this starting with orange, then dark grey, and then white. For colors I used all General Finishes Milk Paint colors. The orange is Persimmon, the grey is Queenstown Gray and the white is Snow White. I also used their high performance poly in satin to seal the whole piece when it was done.

For the frame of the nightstand I sanded it will 150 grit sandpaper and then filled and glued a couple things before painting. I did sand and prime the laminate top with Zinsser’s Cover Stain primer to help with adhesion. It just took 2 coats with a poly brush and a quick sanding to even it out. For paint I used General Finishes Seagull Grey on the frame of the nightstand. It took 3 coats to get full coverage, and once it cured I sealed it with satin poly.

The orange shows up really bright on camera, if you want to see a more accurate picture of the drawer you can find that here along with the tips for getting crisp lines when painting designs.

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  2. I found you via Hometalk and just knew I needed to click through to peruse your blog! This transformation is gorgeous! I love your geometric paint treatment! So neat!! ~Amber of WhatAmberLoves.com

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  4. Oh my goodness I absolutely LOVE this! The colors, the pattern, I want this! I'd love it if you shared this over at The Makers Link party going on at my blog, UpcycledTreasures.com 🙂 Pinned!

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  14. Wow, what a great decorate! This color and decorated really unique. I wanna my home decorate like this. Thanks admin for sharing a nice decorating photos and article to inspire us to decorate our home.

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