Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Quick Furniture Makeover





We've needed a little nightstand for the kids' bedroom to go in between their beds. Today I found an old school desk at D.I. that I thought would just fit. I brought it home, cleaned it up, took it apart, painted it and put it back together, all before the kids got home from school. It fits perfectly!

I used spray paint that had been just sitting in the basement for the metal base and legs. I was careful to tape over the cool chrome plates at the base of the legs. I painted the desk part yellow for the base coat, then the gold on top. The gold matches the wood front edge of the desktop. The wood top I sanded and painted with the latex chalkboard paint. In a week or so, they can start coloring on it with chalk if they want. Because I already had the paint, the total expenditure for this afternoon project is $8. Good times.

4 comments:

Luella said...

It looks great! I love painting school furniture. I painted a little school chair for Nicholas when he was little, and I brought it into school this year for my classroom this past March. My students thought that a leprechaun had painted it!

denebug said...

The nice thing about a lot of old school furniture is that it was built to hold up under extremely abusive conditions. It's good for us, because no one here is gonna be gentle with furniture in the foreseeable future.

Tippetts said...

Holy cow, woman! You are impressive.

Glenn and Natalie said...

I love it! Brings back fond memories of DI!:)