DIY Floating Nightstands & Pendant Lights

Hi friends! Now that we have completed the accent wall, we are moving onto decorative pieces for our master bedroom. Our bedroom is pretty small... so we wanted very simple and minimal night stands to leave as much open space as possible. We decided to go with wall mounted floating night stands that wouldn't take up any floor space. We started by purchasing these industrial shelf brackets from Home Depot as seen below .

We bought four brackets, two for each nightstand and spray painted them a matte black. We also bought a 1x8 board to use for the table tops. We cut the board down into two 20 3/4 long pieces. Then I stained them with my favorite color- Varathane: Flagstone.

To finish the night stands, we simply used screws and anchors to attach the brackets to the wall and then simply placed the stained board on top. We personally haven't had any issues with the board being unsteady on the brackets, however for additional stability, you could use adhesive to attach the board to the brackets.

And now for the pendant lights... I ordered the lights off of Amazon. Click here for the direct link.

I thought $40 for a set of two was a steal. When they were delivered, I wasn't a huge fan of the color of the inside of the fixture, but that's nothing a little spray paint can't fix. I sprayed the inside of the fixture matte black to match the outside and the little top piece a pretty muted gold.

Taylor doesn't have much experience with electrical work and it was never our intention to direct wire these fixtures. Instead we we planned on using the "puck light hack" to make it as easy as possible. We bought the puck lights that are pictured below from Home Depot. They are battery run lights and come with double sided tape. So you simply use the tape to stick the puck light inside the fixture and you use a remote to control it. It's really perfect because now we never have to get out of bed to turn off the lights!