before and after: funky vintage desk

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i know i’ve said that i am not a girly girl.....but living with three guys can be a little bit overwhelming at times.  sports, video games, hunting, fishing, trucks, blah blah.  you know, the normal guy stuff.  sometimes I see things on pinterest or from my extended family and friends who have girls....all these pretty little hair bows, pinks and purples, and just plain cutesy girly stuff and my mind wanders to all the pretty things I could make.  i decided that just because i don't have girls doesn't mean i can't get girly when i craft. 

this past summer i found this vintage school desk at a yard sale and bought it not knowing what was in store for it.  it’s a nice vintage piece by itself I think, with the faded, rusty paint on the bottom.  but since i wasn't planning on keeping this piece for myself, i decided it needed a transformation.

 

i bought some krylon blue ocean breeze and knew this was the color i wanted to paint the bottom half of this desk....still unsure of what i was going to do with the rest of it.  i absolutely love this color and though it is blue, i was picturing a girly desk. 

after the desk sat painted for about a week I found this funky fabric at wal-mart and i fell in love with it.  i love all the bright colors.  and how convenient it was that it has some of the same blue in it that I had on the desk. J 

so i used some mod podge and applied the fabric to the top of the desk.  so far i was loving how everything was coming together, but I needed some kind of sealer for the desktop.  off to lowe’s i went and found this stuff.  this is some pretty neat stuff and super easy to apply.  it comes in two bottles and you mix what you need based on the instructions and pour over the surface.  did I mention that it is self-leveling and requires no brushing?  jackpot!  of course the desk is not level so i had to prop it up under the legs.  after pouring it on you will notice some tiny bubbles.  i wasn’t real impressed with that, but after reading through the instructions it said all you had to do was blow on the bubbles and they would surface to the top and disappear.  yeah right is what i was thinking....but sure enough that is exactlym what it does!  i was impressed!   

after letting it set up for 8 hours, the desk was done!  the top has a shiny clear top.  my husband was amazed and couldn’t believe how well it turned out.  he especially liked the desktop finish.  my boys loved this desk too.  not the colors or how girly it is, but they loved sitting in it and wondering how come we had desks like this when I was growing up.  geez, kids make you feel old!   i’m thinking this would make a great addition to a playroom or little girls room.  i love my funky/vintage/girly school desk!   i can’t wait for my next pretty project! J

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