Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Before/After Project- Desk

Before

After

The before picture is really a middle picture. I got this desk for $2.50 at Goodwill. It was a tan color before, full of stickers and just a mess. I forgot to take a picture of it. (Oops!) So, anyway, I painted it one time, didn't like it at ALL, and this week I painted it again. 

My sister gave me a gallon of paint she had mixed up from a bunch of leftovers. It's a great denim colored blue, so I am using it a lot. Denim blue has become a neutral color to me. Everything matches jeans, right? The only problem is that I really really like this color and it is a OOAK gallon of paint.

I painted the whole desk black and then put a couple coats of blue over that. To get the distressed look, I grabbed some sandpaper and gave it a quick once over. I didn't go too crazy with it. A little goes a long way.



  


Then I put four light coats of poylurethane on it so it should be a good and sturdy finish. The boys are using this desk so any extra "distressing" (mauling) that they do will just add to the look. I think. Probably permanent marker would not do much for it... but we know MY kids would never write on the walls or furniture...

2 comments:

  1. Do you just LOVE this desk re-do ? Because I do . It's completely rockin'. Are you just thinking you're the ants pants or what? Career in furniture remodelling on the horizon for you.

    Is that a white chair with art work on it? And all your kids are still breathing? I'm nominating you for sainthood.

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  2. I go to say this desk is great! I want one!

    Aren't kids great for distressing?

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