Little Red Desk....

Hi Everyone!  I finished a new project today and just couldn't wait to share it with you.  My friend Lynett picked up this desk (I think it might have actually been a vanity) at Goodwill and brought it to me during my open house last month.  When I saw the picture she sent me I was excited until I saw it in person.

The top is really slick and shiny plastic and the drawer fronts are actually plastic too.  But it's a great size and I really like the style of it.  So instead of donating it to the local used furniture shop in town, I decided to see what I could do with it.

After cleaning it and sanding it, I gave the whole thing a coat of primer because of the plastic pieces. Then I painted it with two coats of red paint and a top coat of satin sealer.

I decided to try something I hadn't done, I took brown shipping paper, crumbled it up, then decoupaged it to the top to make it look like leather.  And sealed it with 6 coats of Furniture Mod Podge.

I also added antique medium to the pulls that were silver and gold to give them a gold/brown aged look.  It's different than anything I've done before but I like that about it.  Have you ever done the brown paper decoupage method?  And if so, did you like how it turned out?  I'm not sure I'd do it again but it definitely camouflaged that slick plastic top.  Thanks for stopping by.

A little peek...

Hi Everyone.  I thought I'd show you a little peek of what I've been working on the last couple of weekends.  Friends of mine asked me to make them a desk.  The only direction they gave me was the size and that it needs two drawers.  The rest is up to me and so this is where I was as of yesterday morning.

 I still need to cut down the boards for the top and attach them.

And I need to build the drawers and install them.  And of course I need to paint it.  I'm happy with how it's going right now.  Sorry I don't have any pictures of it as I'm building but when I get to working I forget to pick up the camera, especially when I'm not following any plans and am just putting it together as I go.  I can't wait to get this finished up.  Have a great week.  Thanks for stopping by.

Super sized desk...

Hi Everyone!  Happy Friday!  I wanted to share with you the desk that I made for my parent's office.  Sorry I don't have any before pictures of their office because they had it all cleaned out and ready for their new desk when I got there to install it.  My parents had two desks in this office.  One for the computer that was a really nice desk but didn't have functional storage or writing space.  The other was one of those pressed wood put together kinds that had some writing surface and cubbies up above without doors, which meant everything was out in the open!  So, I changed all that.  I made them a desk with lots of counter/writing space and storage space.  Plus it sits nicely in the corner and wraps around.

Behind the two doors are these pull out drawers that can each hold up to 100 pounds of stuff.  The drawers have different size depths to them so that they can old different size items.  It's a super-sized desk but gives them more space than they thought they'd ever need.  And let's face it, you can never have to much counter space or storage.  I (and my mom) would have preferred to paint it, but I knew Dad would rather have it stained and it could always be painted later.  The desk comes in three sections for ease of moving, but we still had to take the door off it's hinges to get the desk in.  Like I said, it's a super-sized desk.  I hope they get a lot of use out of it.  Well, thanks for stopping by.