A friend from high school, Dianna, is moving to North Carolina and was cleaning out her basement last weekend. She had two desks she wanted to get rid of and asked her friends on Facebook if anyone wanted one. I said I did and in a few days she was dropping them off at my house.
Now what do I do with it? They needed a little TLC. I took the one with the wood as my own and gave the other to my 8-year-old. He was thrilled and when he sees mine I know I will be doing this again tomorrow!
I started by taking off the only part I could, the desk top.
I laid it to the side to deal with it later!
Next I took and I sanded the wood parts of the chair. I wanted to smooth out any rough edges and pieces.
Next, because my husband paints cars I masked and taped off the wood parts of the chair. I used a trash bag cut open to cover the big parts.
Next, I used spray paint I already had in the shed to paint the metal parts. I used this black metal interior spray paint by Valspar! It has sparkles in it!!
I applied one coat and let it dry.
I followed with another coat and than once it was dry I flipped it over to spray the bottom.
I sprayed again two coats and letting it dry!
I went inside to work on my desk top. I know I want to add things about my trip to Yellowstone last year. This was an adventure that changed my life. But that is another story all together.
I gather the maps and stickers and postcards and I laid them out how I thought I wanted everything.
I used Mod Podge to put everything down and once everything was down I Mod Podged it again. As it was sticky I sprinkled some tiny metallic stars on top.
I took this outside to finish drying in the sun.
By this time my metal parts were dry and I took off the plastic and the tape. It looks good!
Now I want to make the wood pop a bit. I didn’t want to take away from the fact it is old and been used. I wanted to keep things like the “HI” someone carved into the wood.
I used an Olympic wood stain, in Special Walnut. And yes, it only cost me $0.25 and it was waiting for a purpose in my shed. I ragged on the stain and wiped it off.
I am getting ready to put everything back together here in a minute………
There it is in its spot of glory!
I am very proud of myself. I love it!
