Sawdust and Paintchips: She's had some work done.

I, Siana, am a sucker for a curbside project!! As we were driving down the road, thankfully in Stevens truck, low and behold there was a beautiful old piece of junk on the curb that I just knew would look beautiful with some TLC:

And she so desperately needed some help! The top and sides were coated in an old, chipping, repainted veneer. Once used to be a cherry stain was now a chipping blue nightmare. The poor bun feet, were not going to be able to be repaired they were too far gone, if we cut them off to replace the bun feet I was fearing for the integrity of the desk itself. Drawer pulls were old and 3 were unrepairable. Four missing drawer stoppers and the top left front corner was completely broken off..

However underneath the veneer was some wood in good shape and smooth. The blue paint was coming off quite well. The bun feet were cut and made in a way that we could just take off the decorative pieces and have it look like they were never even missing. Drawer pulls are simple to replace, found 5 perfect ones that should have been $25 but we got them for $10. Washers replaced the missing drawer stoppers and low and behold.. the corner of the desk was safely put in the top drawer.. this desk was meant to be!!! We used wood filler to fill some large cracks and gouges. This desk was sanded and sanded sanded, until I could not sand no more. Popped off the remaining bun feet, then sanded some more.

Primed her up

once I had it painted grey I just felt like something was missing.. it was bland and lost its character.

We researched tin tiles, pvc tiles, different stencil techniques, stainless steel cut outs.. nothing was just "right" Accidentally we ran across textured wallpaper in Lowes.. Oh my goodness!!! What a great accident!!!