Fresh paint and new knobs gave a second life to this beat-up pine nightstand from the Brandon Center, a Denver-based shelter for victims of domestic violence. I cannot fix the world’s problems.

In this DIY project, I built a modern floating platform bed with integrated nightstands using only 3/4" pine plywood. It’s ...

And that nightstand ? Like the women passing through here, the little pine nightstand was beat up and fragile. Its dark-stained finish was worn; a knob was missing. I picked it up, glad to have a ...