Vintage Desk and Chair Makeover using Custom Blue General Finishes Milk Paint

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Welcome back my Beauties.

Boy has it been a while!

I have still been working on furniture like crazy,

just haven't done a good job of writing up blog posts about them.

Yesterday I was going through some google photos when I saw this desk makeover in my stash of photos and realized I better write something up about it since I had completely forgotten I had even done it! :)

It shouldn't be a surprise though. I had the desk and chair in my garage for 3 YEARS!

It was out of sight, out of mind, kinda like this makeover. :)

anywhoo..........on with the makeover.

I think one of the reasons I waited so long was because even though most of the desk was in great shape, It was a very outdated orange stain and had some DEEP grooves in the top that I knew would take some work to get out.

It was at that point I decided to pull out my handy dandy

Ryobi Belt sander.

It made short work of those deep gouges.

After I was done sanding I hand sanded it with some higher grit sandpaper to make it shiny smooth and wiped it down to prep it for some stain.

Since I had an idea of the color for the base I knew I wanted to go with a darker top.

I picked up my Varathane wood stain in dark walnut and got to work.

After it was dry I just used some satin wipe on poly I had in my garage to seal it.

Now it was time for the fun part.

Mixing up a custom color.

I decided to go with a favorite and picked 

General Finishes Milk Paint in Twilight and Westminster Green.

I have used this combo before as you can see HERE

I just loved the richness of the custom color!

While the paint was drying on the desk I gave the vintage hardware a makeover with a couple coats of my Rustoleum farmhouse gold paint.

Would you look at how great it turned out!
The chair got painted the same color and I just quickly recovered the seat with some fabric I had in my stash! 

I am happy to say the reason I had forgotten to write about the desk was that as soon as I brought it into my booth it went back out the door to get a new lease on life in someone elses home.

 

I doubt this desk and chair will be forgotten about now that it was made beautiful again! 

and if you are in the States, I hope you have a blessed Thanksgiving!

Stay Healthy, Stay Safe,

and have a BEAUTIFUL day!

Free Desk Makeover using the Cubano Tile stamp

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Welcome back again my Beauties!

I am on a bit of a roll with makeovers since I was motivated with the last one which you can see HERE!

So I decided to tackle this free desk that has been in my garage for a few months.

The top finish was worn and chipping off.

I was trying to figure out how to fix the top and was suddenly inspired.

I used a wood filler on all the parts that grooved from scratches and then decided on my color scheme.

I decided I wanted to modernize this desk since it was so plain.

I grabbed my General Finishes milk paint in Lamp Black and Snow white and started painting. 

I used lamp back on the top and then used a 1 to 1 ratio of lamp black and snow white to make a gray for the base of the desk.

When the top was dried I decided to use my fun new stamp that I bought.

Its called the CUBANO TILE stamp from Iron Orchid designs.

I used my snow white paint and a paint roller on the stamp kind of like you use a brayer and kept the paint light and then just stamped away.

Honestly, I even surprised myself with how much I loved this.

The white playing off the black really gave this piece some life.

I am loving the more modern feel of the piece.

I never would have thought a simple stamp and black and white paint would have transformed this piece this much.

I am happy to feel inspired again and getting back to work and making things beautiful again.

I hope you enjoyed this makeover and 

I hope you get a chance to make something BEAUTIFUL!