{"id":245,"date":"2013-09-13T22:09:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T01:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frontporchmercantile.com\/?p=245"},"modified":"2022-03-03T11:09:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T15:09:48","slug":"little-red-school-desk-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frontporchmercantile.com\/little-red-school-desk-makeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Red School Desk Makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Everyone!<\/p>\n

Lots going on and I’m dying to share everything with you, but today I am sharing a couple of cute little desks that I painted a couple of weeks ago! Love the way this school desk makeover worked out!<\/p>\n

My sweet sweet friend Margie was downsizing and moving and sold me 2 of these lovely wood desks. They belonged to her her 2 beautiful daughters, both who are all grown up now and I hope they are ok with me changing up their little school desks! I neglected to get a picture of the 2 of them “before”<\/p>\n

(I’m learning, what can I say?)<\/p>\n

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Before x 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I cleaned the pieces with a mild degreaser, then used a gum remover to get rid of…well…gum…there were also a lot of stickers on these babies at one time (thank you very much Leslie and Sarah ha ha) so I had to get rid of all the residue as well. A good gum remover, followed by a degreaser and a good rinse worked well, I then gave them a little light sanding and started to paint!<\/p>\n

I decided to spray paint the little desks – I know – I know – I’m a lover of milk paints and chalk paints, but I wanted to try out my snazzy new spray paint nozzles from Rustoleum that I received at Haven<\/a>, and it rocked. I’m on a mission to try all of the products that were donated and that I lugged home<\/del>\u00a0brought home. I don’t think I will be spraying a lot of pieces, but for this piece I thought I would try it.<\/p>\n

I used Cherry Red. I LOVE the colour!<\/p>\n

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I gave the body of the desks 2 light coats, I wanted to see the wood grain through the red and it came out perfect if I do say so myself!<\/p>\n

I painted the arms with Rustoleums Chalk Board paint that I brought home from Haven<\/a> as well, I just rolled it on the arms. Easy peasy.<\/p>\n

I did 3 coats of the chalkboard paint, letting it dry well between coats! I did “prepare” the chalkboard by using a piece of chalk on its side and covering the entire area then wiping off. This seasons your chalkboard and is a super important step if you are using chalkboard paint! Now the kids can write right on the desk itself – way fun right?<\/p>\n

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I was going to spray the body with a poly to protect, but the finish seems super hard, and they have turned out so nicely I think I’ll leave them as they are!\u00a0I hope Margie’s little girls approve!<\/p>\n

Here they are together, my little red painted desks, all painted up and ready to find new homes.<\/p>\n

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Thanks for popping in, have a great weekend!<\/p>\n

Wendy xx<\/p>\n

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Sharing this post with on my friend Danielle’s linky party , check out her beautiful site Silver Pennies\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0and with Beth at HomestoresAtoZ<\/a><\/p>\n

Sharing with my friend Heather’s Link party too at Setting For Four<\/a><\/p>\n

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