Before: ready to sand (drawers taken out for sanding)
Driving past the Second Hand Shop, I noticed they were having a moving sale. A quick u-turn and a dash inside to look for furniture, because who knows that if you are moving a store, you don’t want to lug big items with you to the next place so I was ready to bargain.
When I saw the study desk had no price marked on it, I asked the owner how much it was, fully expecting the usual op-shop price for a desk like this around the $45+ mark. I was ready to haggle until my jaw dropped at his answer: $10!
Sanded ready for painting.
Sold! And off to I Restore Stuff it goes …
I fully sanded the top back to raw wood ready to stain. I love this VJ type panelled look on the sides of the desk and across the back.
I chose Layla’s Mint (MMS Milk Paint) for the base of the desk. Here is one coat:
And after two coats:
I love the grain in this desk top even though its just a plain pine timber. There’s something about raw wood that gets me excited to dress it up with some stain!
I stained it with Curio MMSMP (1 part milk paint powder to 3 parts water) and used Hemp Oil to provide a protective surface covering.
And here’s the finished look:
Complete with these cute cream knobs I have in stock on my product tab.
And of course, our little helper dog had to join the picture!
Wow that looks great! Good bargain too.
Wonderful color choices! I am seriously going to re-think ever painting the tops of furniture in the future. If they’re in good enough condition for staining, that will likely be my choice. It gives such a ‘richness’ to the piece. Thank you so much for sharing. I look forward to more projects. 🙂
Thanks Candyce. I love the wood top look, can you tell? Ha.