Funky Vintage desk/vanity makeover

I am excited about today's post. Another decoupage vanity/desk. One Sunday morning on my way to church, passing through some streets there was a huge garage sale. The stuff they had out on the yard caught my eyes.

My one son in the back goes Mommy are you going to stop at that yard sale?

Me: Hmm, Well, honey I think I am since we are early heading to church. So I made a u turn back to the huge yard sale. This person had so many vintage antique furniture. I kept going back and forth to which furniture piece to go after?  Had no choice but to get only 1 thing and make it quick.

So, I scored this beautiful antique desk.

It sat in the garage for about a whole week. Trying to decide what to do with it.

The day came and I decided how to work on it. Cleaned it up didn't bother to sand the bottom since I am painting it. First, had to work on the bottom leg had an extra piece was broken. I sanded used bondo to even it out. Hubby took a piece of wood and carved it to match with the other bottom pieces. Wood glued it and waited till it completely dried..

I completely forgot to take a picture of  it after I glued the bottom piece..

Once, it dried I spray painted the legs gold. For the bottom I wanted the color to be very light blue/grey. Saved me a trip to home depot. I mixed in 3 colors  that I already had to get the color I wanted!

Perfect! Primed twice and painted the body 3 coats.

 Next, was to flip it over and start working on the top I started to sand it and realized that it's not real wood! So, now I couldn't stain the top. Had no choice but to prime and paint it all the same color...

I painted the 3 upper drawers and then used a gold pen to trim around. The bottom 4 drawers got decoupage paper.  Last, sealed the whole desk with Polyacrilic 3 times.

So, here is my Funky Vintage decoupage desk/vanity

Thank you for stopping by!

Marianthi

Vintage Decoupage Desk Makeover

Hi all,

I saw this desk on craigslist and knew I had to have it! The person I bought it from said he had this desk for year's. He told me that it was made in 1930s-1940s.

To be honest this desk surprised me as I brought it home! The drawers are very sturdy and different.

It has dividers inside and a hook in the back end so it can lock. Sadly, I have no key to unlock it but it's still a unique desk.  

                       

Well, I cleaned out this desk lightly sanded it with 180 grits. I knew this desk was perfect to decoupage in vintage style.

 Trying to decide which paper to go with for the drawers.  Ended up with the lighter paper...

Spray painted the knobs...

 Once, done I painted the body antique white and top java gel stain. At the end it came out pretty sweet!

 Must admit I'm loving to decoupage lately!!

Thanks for stopping by.
Maria