Thift Store Find

A few months ago I purchased a desk off craigslist but it was too small for our house.  Let the new desk search begin.  After a few visits to thrift stores and searching craigslist I came up with nothing, and gave up my search.

 

On a Saturday afternoon my husband and I decided to kill some time by stopping by our local thrift store.  Way in the back of their furniture warehouse was this dirty desk covered in cob webs.  I passed by it the first time but the second pass threw I say it.  It had great lines and gorgeous legs, I had to have it.  When I saw the price tag I really had to have it, only $25 plus someone else did all the sanding work.  Yay!

After a little cleaning I could tell it was going to work perfectly.  After looking in the drawers I could tell that it had been a really dark brown at one time with octagon design on the back and on the drawers.  The desk was missing a few knobs, which is ok the original knobs were very ugly and plain wood.

I began my search for the perfect paint. As you can see from the before picture I picked a few colors to try out before I found the perfect one.  Ask you local paint store for a sample size, this will save you a lot of money if you happen to pick the wrong color.  Usually a sample size is $2-4.  I save my sample sizes for small projects such as painting a picture frame or small box.

I finally decided on Blue Sage by Restoration Hardware.  I really like their paint it covers very well, plus they have great classic colors that go with anything.  I normally love their Silver Sage color but wanted something a little darker for my desk.

While painting this desk I skipped priming the desk, I don't recommend this but I was in a hurry.  After painting I realized that I needed to seal the paint to prevent the paint from being scratch, a desk can take a lot of abuse.  I purchased Minwax clear wax to seal the desk, it works really good.

The desk now needed new knobs, I went to my local Lowes.  Lowes has a great selection of knobs for really reasonable prices.  I purchased these great satin nickle knobs.  I really like the way the knobs pop against the Blue Sage.

Before

After

Here is a better picture, the first one was taken with my Iphone.

This is the brush nickel pulls that I got at Target, which are now available at Lowes. 

Now I just have to finish the rest of my office so my desk has a new home.

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