I love a nice, easy DIY project. And when I read about how Holly made the side tables of her dreams, I knew I had to do one of my own. The timing was great since my cousin in Austin has an IKEA a mile from her home. She’s super crafty so I thought it would be a fun project to do together.

Except that when I got to the IKEA they were totally sold out of the RAST mini dressers.

I had a feeling that might happen to me. I would imagine these dressers are very popular for those who like to create their own cute, cheap furniture. Then it just so happened that my cousin remembered a friend of hers had bought one and maybe she would sell it to me. It turns out her friend didn’t mind selling it to me at all. She was about to move and it would be one less thing she had to move. And the bonus was that she had already put it together and primed it. How lucky was I? Putting it together would have been the hardest part.

Then my cousin cut me out a cute stencil from some fancy little machine she has and I bought some paints. We ended up only having time for me to spray paint the entire thing before it was time for me to come home. Once I got home I started the stenciling process. Except that didn’t go too well for me. I’d never stenciled before and apparently I suck at it.

So I had to scratch the stencil, sand and repaint, and come up with a plan B. I went to Hobby Lobby, bought hardware (50% off), and found a peacock feather stencil. The I opted to use paint markers instead of actual paint. Here’s how it turned out.

I put it in my entryway, since I’ve needed something there for awhile now. I have plans to take down the rug hanging on the wall and paint the entryway and also the hall. But for now, it looks like this. It was a pretty fun project and I think I’d like to do another one in the future.