LEATHER AND STUDS!

Recently I had a paint fest weekend where I painted 6 chairs, a small chest of drawers, a desk and refinished our kitchen table....crazy...

Here's a little guy who was never one of my favorites, I didn't like the wood finish for a start. Even though it 's a desk it's really too small for anyone to sit at comfortably so it really is a more decorative piece than useful one. 

Before

I sanded and painted it with some paint I picked up in the "mistake" aisle at Menards. I would describe the color as putty/taupe. Then I aged it by sanding the edges etc and rubbing on some dark stain. 

Let's take a closer look at the top:

Here's the before:

 Here's the after. See the added studs?

I also added studs to the front of the drawers and painted the hairdware

See that "architectural" element between the two pictures?  

Here's a close up:

Anyone know what it is? I think it's so curvy, rusty and cool!

Hope you like the desk, I think it turned out well.


Hugs, Mandy

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