You know that saying, “the cobbler’s kids have no shoes?” That’s me! I have a store with all kinds of furniture re-creations, yet my own house is lack luster. I only have three pieces of furniture that I have re-done myself. One is the dresser I transformed, intended to sell but ended up keeping…seen here. The second piece is a cabinet that I got at a yard sale for $5 and transformed into an open storage piece for games. I’ll show pictures of that one later. And, the third was my Grandmother’s dining room hutch. I painted it and put it in my daughters room to use as a dresser. That’s currently on the list to be re-done.
I’m feeling motivated these days to make some transformations at home, and among the list of top priorities is changing the nursery into a guest bedroom and turning our living room into a family room and family room into a living room. Awaiting my living room to family room transformation is a great antique desk.
I’ve had this desk for sometime and have been hoping to sell it as a custom refinishing job in the store. But, the longer it sat in the back waiting for someone else to love it, the more I fell in love with it myself. Besides the fabulous construction, I love the great curves and debth.
I’ve decided to make it my own. I’m putting it with some other pieces that are black, but I want to incorporate more wood tones, so I decided to re-stain the top and paint the base, adding some medium distressing to bring the natural wood tones out.
Before I painted it, I was concerned that the existing hardware wouldn’t look good against the black paint, but once I put it back on, I really like how it looks. It doesn’t pop against the black, but is subtle, and blends throughout the entire piece.
Wood top stained in a darker oak color called Provincial. Has more red hues than I would have liked, but it works.
I love it! Such beautiful curves! I actually kept a piece for myself this summer. I never do it either!
Beautiful makeover! Love the stained top with the painted base.
Wow – that’s beautiful – glad you are keeping it for yourself – sounds like you deserve it!
Peggy
Stunning! I don’t blame you for keeping it. The desk looks great. Stop by for a blog visit!
OmiGOSH, those curves are GORGEOUS!! I’m so glad you’re keeping this beautiful piece!! Swoon!!
Oh its a keeper for sure….Love it.
Hugs,
Ellen
I love this!!
Jenny
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This turned out so nice, It’s like it was always meant to be black!!
gorgeous, GORGEOUS! love those lines–good call keeping the top natural!
amy
Beautiful desk!
So pretty. Love the curves. Thanks for linking up to Share the Love Wednesday; hope you’ll be back this week!
Mary