revamp – Page 12

Disclaimer: Please do not judge the state of this garage.
We are moving in 5 days and things are a little crazy up in there!

Here is the BEFORE to the desk I so enthusiastically posted the AFTER to last week.

The desk was a nice, solid wood piece with unique hardware. I paid more than I normally would ($70) but it is going to be in the main room of my new home so I think I can justify spending the extra cash!

After I took the desk apart, I layered on 2 coats of my Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Aubbuson Blue. You heard that right – straight to paint. No sanding, no priming! That is the beauty of the chalk paint. It dries so quickly that I went between the desk frame and the drawers without any wait time.

Once it was dry I did some distressing. Perk #203 of chalk paint: distressing is SUPER EASY!

REVAMPER’S TIP:

I used a medium sanding block and let the piece do the talking. Seriously, just start sanding and you will begin to see where the paint is easily coming off. Go with those spots instead of trying to force where you think the distressing will look best.

After the distressing was done, I wiped off the paint dust and any other residue and spread on my clear wax. That stuff is like buttah. Once if was dry I buffed it with a rag (thanks for the tip, Yvette!) to make the finish smooth to the groove.

My kids were so impressed they asked to have their picture taken with the desk.

Now they like to climb on top of it and drive their Matchbox cars around.

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My husband loves to keep the powdered coffee creamer and sugar on the kitchen counter. I can’t think of anything that annoys me more. Maybe it’s because he keeps the brown sugar in an old Country Crock container, which, believe it or not, does nothing to enhance my sweet kitchen decor.

Hubs is an all-day coffee drinker, so no matter how often I put the U-G-L-Y containers in the pantry, they always find themselves back on the counter. It’s an endless battle.

Today, as I organized my studio (aka: the room I share with Hubs that houses both of our desks, my sewing table, and is constantly bombarded with kids and dogs), I noticed two unused mason jars and I got an idea! I hot glued some left over fabric from yesterday’s dish towels onto the lids, glued the lid into the band and voila! Fab new creamer and sugar containers (and I don’t have to worry about ants crawling in like traditional sugar jars).

These lovelies can stay on the counter as forever as far as I’m concerned!