My Boys Needed A Desk

And it has not been a good summer for street finds

because let's face it,

gas is freakin expensive,
especially if you live in Illinois,
which has the HIGHEST gas rate of the nation.
I last heard they charge more here than Hawaii.

So... I directed myself to the thrift store and 

I picked up this art deco desk for $50,

which was high for me for a desk,

BUT I needed to get this done before they go back to school.

Subby is going into 5th grade and has reached ~desk age~.

The boys' room is blue and has a nautical/navigation theme.
Here's my transformation.
(I still need to find a cool looking chair, too!)

I used mostly everything I had on hand,

except I was out of polycrylic sealer and needed to pick up a tub,

which was another $20, but that will last several more projects, too.

I used my signature white chocolate finish by Ben Moore,

which is my favorite antique white.

For the drawers.

I had some sample pods of different blues

that I picked up on clearance last year.

None of them were a suitable blue for my desk,

so I mixed them all together

and came up with the perfect blue that way,

it's more of a blue-grey.

I had left over dark red and grey that I used for the stripe

and compass on the desktop.

Are you still with me?

Of course, I distressed the whole thing

because that's how I roll.

They're going to ding it up anyway,

so I might as well give them a head start so it blends in.

I also lined the drawers with old maps.

I did not paint the drawers this time,

I usually do,

but I'm trying to conserve a bit of paint and primer.

The bottoms of the drawers definitely needed

something to cover them up, and maps did the trick
and Subby is obsessed with geography anyhow.

I just redid the boys' room a month ago anyway,

in soft blues,

and now there are maps everywhere in their room.

They also have a huge sailfish which we redid as well.

And there's my three day re-do,

I'm takin' my time, it's summer!

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