Two tone desk makeover

A two toned chalk paint desk redo. I don’t know about your wallet but mine is still pretty empty from the Christmas season. I feel like it happens every year – we go overboard and then we’re broke and trying to catch up all January long. I tried doing that whole money saving thing last year …

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Last week I saw this blonde Mengel desk at the thrift store.I saw the potential for it and it was $14.99 Truth be told more times than not I have no idea what…

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So, I picked this piece up from the Habitat Restore to give a facelift for an art show. The projects are to be auctioned off to benefit our local Habitat for Hu…

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Do you have an old desk that needs a makeover? I love painting furniture and think it can be an easy way to update a worn-out desk. Learn what paint to use for a wooden desk and how to paint a desk.

A couple that took one of our Chalk Paint workshops at Loot asked if I would redo their desk and try to sell it. The desk is a great size and shape, so I gave it a little Chalk Paint makeover. They could have painted the desk themselves, after taking our workshop, but they said they were too busy painting everything else in their house. This is what the desk looked like before with an old, dark wood finish. I painted the top of the desk with Graphite Chalk Paint and the base and legs with…

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I have been working on a few pieces of furniture this week, & I plan on sharing them all with you, but for now, this one really stood out to me this week because of the unique request I had from the client... It's a roll top desk with three drawers for great storage. The client wanted the piece to be painted all white. Pretty standard right??? But the unique part was that she wanted the inside of the drawers painted blue. I was up to the challenge & happy that I got to try something new…