re-hab desk

once upon a time, i found this awesome desk in the middle of the sidewalk as i was taking afton to school... and there it sat for three more days til that wednesday when it occured to me that trash pick-up is thursday morning. all of the sudden i wanted a new desk, so i made paul drive over with me that night (after the kids were supposed to be in bed, but weren't), and look at it. he said it looked like a lot of work, but if i wanted it, i could do it. then we had to go back home and umload the kids (and put them to bed) so he could move some seats around and load this treasure into the back of the van. (same night we also collected a dresser, but that's a whole different story).

 it was a little nicked up, but i didn't think it was too bad for redemption. the broken drawer even had the front piece sitting on the side, so a little glue should have been able to fix that up...


top view, clearly in need of a little tlc

well, i fixed it up, sanded it down, cleaned it out and painted it, and here it is! (unfortunately, the drawer front somehow ended up in the alley and it got run over. i haven't quite figured that out, but in the meantime, i actually moved it to the left side of the desk and i put the phone in it so the cord isn't dragged across the desk anymore, and the phone is a little more out of sight, which is good for malachi--he has no internal phone-resistance)

yes, orange, i couldn't resist, i like it for now, and if i ever decide i don't, it should be easy enough to repaint :)



can you see the texture there? it was a little more expensive than i'd hoped, but i think i like how that turned out especially.

it's crackle-paint. the entire project ended up costing about $20.