DIY | Mirrored Nightstands (IKEA HACK!!!)

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everybody April here and welcome back to
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my DIY home series and in this video I’m
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going to be showing you how to make your
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very own merit nightstand so what I’ll
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be using is this chest that I got from
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Ikea and it is the IKEA
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Raths now you can use any nice in that
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you want but this is just one that I
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decided to use so of course as always
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we’re going to start off by removing our
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drawer knobs and I’m going to spray the
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outer portion of the nightstand with a
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metallic silver spray paint and you just
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want to spray the outer corners you
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don’t have to spray the entire surface
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of the nightstand in the drawers because
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only the outer parts will be shown so
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this is what it’s looking like so far
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just make sure that you get a couple of
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layers of spray paint on the outer
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corners and the bottom of course alright
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so now for the fun part so I got my
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mirrors from Lowe’s and if you didn’t
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know Lowe’s does cut mirror and glass
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for free obviously only if you purchase
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from them so basically all I did was
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measured my nightstand I measured the
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size the top and the drawers and I took
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my measurements to Lowe’s and they
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hooked me up with my mirrors now you can
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also check out your local glass and
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mirror shop but depending on where you
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live that may be a little expensive and
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I was the case for me so my best bet was
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to go to Lowe’s so now I’m gonna take
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some mirror marble and granite adhesive
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and I got this from Home Depot for
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around $4 and I’m just gonna take that
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with my coke gun and apply a generous
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amount of adhesive to the back of the
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mirror okay so now I’m gonna take my
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mirror and apply it to the side of the
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nightstand and once I have it in the
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perfect position
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I’m gonna go ahead and apply pressure
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and I’m gonna go ahead and work on the
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drawers I’m just going to do the same
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thing apply a generous amount of
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adhesive to the back of the mirror and
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place the mirror onto the drawer and
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once I have it in the perfect position
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I’m gonna go ahead and apply pressure
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alright so once I have my mirrors in
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place I’m gonna go ahead and take my
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measuring tape and Mark where I want my
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dresser knobs
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now with this step you have to make sure
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that you’re very accurate and precise
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with your markings because you don’t
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want any of your drawer knobs to be
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lopsided and out of place and these are
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my journals I’ve got these from Amazon
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and I will have the link in the
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description box now to stick the drawer
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knobs to the mirror I’m going to use
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some e6000 glue and I’m just going to
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place a small dab of the glue on the
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back of the knob and apply it to the
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mirror alright so now that I have
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everything in place I’m going to take
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some clamps and apply clamps to each of
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the drawers and the size and type of the
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nightstand and basically what the clamps
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are going to do is add weight to the
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nightstand and the drawers and allow
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everything to stay in place while it
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dries now at this point you want to
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leave the nightstand to dry and cure for
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at least 24 hours
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all right so by now has been well over
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24 hours and I’m just going to go ahead
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and remove the clamps so here I’m just
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showing you how strong the e6000 glue is
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this drawer is pretty heavy especially
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since I’ve added the mirror and as you
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can see the drawer knobs are not budging
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at all so I’m pretty confident that I
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will have any issues with the drawer
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knobs coming off all right so I’m just
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going to go ahead and place my drawers
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in and I’m just gonna wipe down my
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nightstands with some Windex in a paper
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towel and that is pretty much it for
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this DIY you guys this was super super
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super easy I love how these nightstands
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came out I am so in love with them they
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are gorgeous so if you’ve been shopping
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for married nightstands or a mirrored
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furniture in general then you already
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know how expensive these pieces can get
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so I highly suggest you guys try to make
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it yourself it’s so easy and it will
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save you a ton of money so if you
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enjoyed this video please give it a
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thumbs up and share with anyone that may
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find it helpful and I will see you all
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in my next video thanks for watching bye