Free Furniture! (almost)

Recently Mon Amour and I have been trying to make our home more homey and less like just a tiny box that we live in. The new curtains are part of this makeover. The paint samples are part of this makeover. And this fun re-paint-some-free-nightstands-project was kind of a spontaneous addition to this makeover.

Mon Amour found these nights stands next to a dumpster a few weeks ago. There are two of them, and they are structurally in fabulous condition. But the paint is all dinged up, and the hardware is hideous.

With the help of my wonderful father and his sander, we got them this far.

Then with the help of some free paint from Mon Amour's parents(that is right, free paint! It was leftover from a project of theirs or something. We actually have a lot of free paint to use for future projects) we got this far:(while we were at it, we also repainted a free end table that we got before we got married, and an old (free) piece of wood that we then hung as a fun and functional shelf, and a coat hanger thing that had some very ugly finish on it).

Then, with the help of eight 98cent handles, we finished off the project:
The color is a bit off in the picture. They really are black. And they really do look quite nice.
Also, we tried to get handles instead of knobs for the drawers, but unfortunately the really ugly hardware was apparently a custom size cause none of the handles available at Home Depot fit. So it was either - drill new holes for the handles, or use cute little knobs. We went with knobs.

Total cost of matching nightstands (to replace one really old table, and one TV tray that were previously being used for the purpose) about $8. Yay!