Shabby Desk Redo. . . .

The completion of the basement has started a chain reaction of change.....first, we moved the school room to the basement....

That allowed us to turn the former school room back into a dining room.....no real pictures of that room yet because I am not happy yet with how it looks.....you can read all about my paint disaster!


So then I decided to rearrange the "music" room...I am a piano teacher and my music was just stuffed in these el cheapo wooden half-painted crates....

I moved an IKEA white storage cabinet from another room in there for the music and then decided to paint my desk to match....

UGH!!!  I just realized as I was typing that I deleted the before picture of the desk and don't have a back-up of it......so I'll describe it for you...

It was an ugly 80's wood desk that I rescued from a yard sale and spray painted oregano.....

So in my overhaul of room, I went and grabbed some Rustoleum Blossom White and sprayed the desk again.....spray painting is such a quick and inexpensive transformation!

I distressed the desk with sandpaper by hand and let the oregano show through....

We had leftover beadboard so I attached it to the sides of the desk and distressed it, as well....

I also painted a satin polyurethane sealer on the top of the desk so that it won't scratch with the heavy use that it gets.

I just love the new look and now that it's white, it will match whatever color I decide to put on these walls!

Now lest you think that my desk always looks like this.....here's a picture of what it really looks like....

Just keepin' it real!