Remember that fabulous french country chair that got a simple makeover last month?
This desk was its mate.
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Yep, I’m fully aware they do not match one another.
From the time I got both pieces, I knew they wouldn’t stay together. No matter how badly I wanted to keep both. I kept the chair and planned on selling the desk.
If you remember, both pieces had came from a yard sale. A dear friend found them for me. Here’s how this French desk makeover started out:
The desk was solid. It was just covered in some sort of sticky substance and a gross amount of cat hair.
Eww.
The inlay on top was pretty gross. There was no way that design would be staying.
First, I gave the entire piece a coat of primer with my HomeRight FinishMax.
Yes, I just referenced Carrie Bradshaw in that photo. If you know who/what she said it to, you are fabulous.
Next, I pulled out the gold spray paint to define the top edge of the desk and add some interest. I just went right over the top edges with the spray paint. Once it was dry, I took plastic wrap and painters tape and wrapped up the top.
When the top was good and covered with plastic wrap, I loaded my FinishMax back up with black paint and went over the desk base and all the drawers. Then, I pulled off the plastic wrap and hand brushed and rolled the inlay black for some added contrast against the gold. Finally, the whole thing got a coat of polycrylic.
A few readers have asked about how difficult it is to clean up the FinishMax sprayer. Trust me, I understand your concerns. If you remember from my toy chest makeover, I told you I had tried out two other sprayers that I detested before I found my FinishMax. Part of the detested-ness was the clean-up. Fortunately, this sprayer takes less than 10 minutes to clean up and is super easy. So easy, I made you a little graphic to show you how.
Go here to get the simple instructions and photos for cleaning the Finish Max.
And now for the final reveal of the desk:
The classic contrast of the black and gold turned out better than I ever could have expected. The finish was professional and perfect, thanks to the FinishMax.
Liked this one? You might want to check these out too…
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A friend had picked up this chair, along with that desk beside it, for me at a yard sale. The chair doesn’t look that bad in this image, but a quick removal of that cat hair ridden cushion….
I laid it on my foam padding, and cut the foam out.
I covered that with batting to smooth any rough edges, and there were many. I finished the seat off with green velvet fabric and some decorative trim that I just hot-glued to the bottom.
For the arms, I put a layer of batting, then the green fabric, stapled it down, and finally hot glued more of the trim around the edges to hide the staples.
Since the trim had that extra piece to glue around edges, I just cut it off close to the actual trim and hot-glued that side down.
And I love it.
I was worried I may have concentrated in some areas too much with the paint sprayer and caused some drips or runs.
Thank you, HomeRight for making my life so much easier.
