Lego Table Nightstand Upcycle

The first project of 2015 was actually one of the last projects of 2014.

Made in the dark of night like most of the end of the year gifts created here, and right down to the wire with time.

Photos were almost an after thought for December projects.

Telling you both those things - working in the dark & photos as an afterthought - is basically setting up the excuse if project photos suck for the next month.

You know, it takes what..... an extra 10 seconds to grab the camera and take a picture?

Well some nights I felt like I just didn't have those extra 10 seconds.

To save my back I would sit down on my short little painting chair after the sun set, and get to work.

The last thing I had on my mind was staging any photos when the project was finally done.

This project was wrapped right in place, not very well, on Christmas Eve in about the same spot I painted it!

In December I received some complimentary paint products to try from the line of Fusion Mineral Based Furniture Paints.

Fusion Mineral Based paints are relatively new on the market.  They are self-leveling, require minimal prep, no finishing coat, waxing or on-going maintenance - you can read about them {here}.

In addition to a palette of neutral colors, the box included brush cleaner, a brush and trowel, metallic gilding pastes, sand stone medium, transfer gel and pearl embossing paste. 


A certain 7 year old is a Lego aficionado, and my goal was to re-purpose something that could store his collection, give him room to build and display, all within the boundary of size and the aesthetics of an item that was visually like a piece of furniture.

I paired Lamp White Fusion paint with another product I wanted to try, Java Gel stain from General Finishes.

First Brawn had to alter the nightstand a bit.  He added hinges and created drop down sides next to the original top.

For those times when Lego building projects have been filed away, the top wings can drop down and the table will take up a little less space.

Our choice for the drawers was whatever was going to be quick and simple, using what we had on hand to get this done in time for the 25th.

A hole cutter drill bit (my name for it since I have no idea what it's really called) was used to bore out some pieces of pine and they were screwed on to the drawer from the back. 

That kind of drill bit, what ever it is, leaves a center hole so those were filled with some Rock Hard putty and sanded smooth.

The nightstand was picked up as a set for $5.00.  That was $5.00 for both, not each.

The first one was turned into a pink play kitchen that you can see {here}.

If you have a Lego builder in your house, then you know there is a Lego Movie.

In the movie, the little Lego people work at Master Builders Incorporated.

I didn't like the scroll/vine part on the nightstand, so we cut a thin piece of luan and I painted it with the movie reference.

 The inside of the drawers can be fitted with inserts for sorting the Lego's but it was Christmas Eve for gosh sakes, and we didn't get around to that part.

Flat building bases also fit on the top of the table so the creations don't slide around.  And depending on where it will be located, we considered adding some wheels to the bottom as well.

But like I said, it was Christmas Eve for gosh sakes, and this wasn't the only last minute project that had to be wrapped!

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