School Desk Make- Over! How I Taught an Old Desk a New Trick!
$6.00
4 Hours
Easy
I saw this desk sitting all alone at Salvo-Chic just waiting to be made pretty all over again. For $6, I just felt sorry for it and had to bring it home! It just so happened it was about to be made into a birthday present for my Peanut!
Needless to say, it was a rusty old mess. Years of sticky fingers and kicky legs had taken it's toll on this poor little guy.
It needed a really good sanding down. Just to remove all the loose pieces of paint and rust.
I tried to sand lightly, because that turquoise needed to stay. Gorgeous right?
I pulled out the secret weapon. Petroleum jelly. This was going to keep that authentic, original turquoise color for me.
I put a thin layer of PJ on the areas that I wanted the turquoise to remain or show through before I spray painted white. Not too much or you'll get runs in the paint.
My not so secret weapons ;)
After sanding and staining the seat with Provincial, it looks gorgeous and like it belongs in an old school house.
Once I gave it a couple coats of satin white, I gave it a light sanding by hand to let the paint flake off where the PJ was. Just perfectly distressed. The way an old school desk should be!
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Thanks Hannah! I had one when I was a little girl that was the same color, now my peanut has one. I swear her little butt hasn't left the seat since Friday! xoxo
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love it I wonder if an adult could sit on the chair I have a tiny space in my bedroom and saw one of these desks on craigslist
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