Secretary Desk and Homemade Chalk Paint

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I was recently at one of my favorite “furniture” thrift stores {this one is not really very good for anything else, but I’ve lucked out with furniture there several times} looking for a chair {which I did not find} and came across this little desk. I love the legs, but I really love the way it opens and COMPLETELY closes to hide “STUFF” if you want to. I love hiding “STUFF”!  I think it’s a secretary desk, or something close to that, so that’s what I’m going to call it. It was in great condition and priced right, so of course I took it home with me!

I would have loved to paint this in ASCP Duck Egg Blue or Provence, but since I was hoping to put this desk in my kitchen “office” I wanted something that would work with my pedestal table as well as the colour scheme of the room {which is not painted yet, but will be Revere Pewter}. I also promised myself that I was not going to buy any ASCP until I used up some of the paint I already have in the garage. Soooo, instead I decided to mix Benjamin Moore Muslin with Ivory and make my homemade chalk paint {I use unsanded tile grout}. The color looks very close to the CeCe Caldwell Vintage White. I made the chalk paint pretty thick… this is it after one coat with some major distressing. I actually really liked it like this, but ended up doing one more coat and not as much distressing.

I like how the top opens and the back part flips up… it’s actually perfect for my computer monitor.

I’m now sitting at my new desk typing this post!

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A little update.

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Remember these? These little nesting tables were my little guinea pigs for my first foray with homemade chalk paint.

I really love them and had them in my living room… until I finished this:

I love this even more, and I don’t have space for all three, so I decided to add some french number stencils to the nesting tables and sell them. Here they are with their new update:

I think they’re cute with the numbers….

Now for a sneak peak at my next furniture project. I have been looking a piece of furniture to put at the end of my hall to store all our our Cd’s and photo albums in. Right now the Cd’s are on a white, cheap looking bookshelf in the hall and I hate having them on display… I also have to face the fact that although we do not use our Cd’s as much as we used to (thanks to downloads), I still haven’t gotten around to downloading all of our music onto the computer and/or ipad. So… anywhoo, when I found this dresser in the back alley two weeks ago, I quickly ran in to get my tape measure to see if it was narrow enough for the space I had in mind. Turns out it was the exact measurement! Yeah!!!! I love when the stars align.

Some of the drawer pulls need repairing (they were not properly installed in the first place), and the plastic hardware has to GO! I can’t wait to show you what I have planned for this (hint: it involves a respirator and something shiny).

Stay tuned!!