Hello Friends!
Well I hope everyone had a relaxing long weekend! I know, it went by too fast. But the one good thing is that now we have a short week this week and it’s almost Friday already!
We got to the beach one day and took a friend out for a birthday celebration one night and then spent the rest of the weekend doing things around the house.
On Sunday I took a drive to pick up this beauty:
(photo from Craigslist ad)
It was Free! Yes, free! Vintage solid wood…and free! Sometimes I have to pinch myself!
When I picked up the desk the lady told me that this desk was very sentimental to her husband. She told me that her husband is a writer and this desk was well loved. They were moving and needed to downsize. I know she didn’t know me, but I assured her that I was the perfect new owner!
I have been looking for a table/desk like this for a long time. It all started when I saw the Whitney desk at Pottery Barn. But even on sale for $699.00…never gonna happen for this thrifty gal! Here is a photo of the Whitney desk:
I am lucky, I have a large room that I use as my office/craft room in this house. On the right side of the room is a desk and I had a smaller table on the left side of the room that I used as my sewing/craft table. But it was too small, especially for larger sewing projects.
But this new table/desk is the perfect size.
When the lady told me that this desk was well loved, she wasn’t kidding. I think the top had a few hundred cup ring marks on it. It took quite a bit of sanding to make those go away. But the end result was worth the effort!
Once I finished sanding the top I used Annie Sloan Dark Wax right on the raw wood and then finished with a couple of coats of Minwax Paste Finishing Wax.
I used a .50 cent mistint Valspar sample pot that I added calcium carbonate to for the table/desk legs. The same homemade chalk paint recipe that I talked about in previous posts.
I added a new drawer pull that I found at Hobby Lobby yesterday for 1.99, it was half off drawer pulls yesterday.
I’m still in the process of finishing up this office/craft room and will do another post soon on the big reveal.
This new table/desk was the final missing piece to the room. I love it when a plan comes together.
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