I Painted It White – Desk Edition

You can read why painting furniture white is “stickin’ it to the man” here

You can find other ‘I Painted It White’ projects here and here

Last week when I shared my office makeover progress I promised a separate post about the desk. And I always make good on a promise  =)

Any of you remember this desk?

I found it on Craigslist last April. I had planned to paint the body white and stain the top dark walnut. I was also planning to keep the existing hardware…

9 1/2 months later…

I decided I was sick of not having a desk and decided to get it done! (Possibly because I moved it to the middle of the garage and couldn’t park in there until it was finished – talk about motivation!) I sanded, patched, primed, painted (Creamy by Sherwin Williams), and polycrylic’ed the entire desk. I may have squealed with delight when it was all done– LOVE me some white furniture!

I replaced the existing hardware with glass pulls from Hobby Lobby and acrylic knobs from Pottery Barn Teen (I wanted the matching-ish glass knobs from Hobby Lobby, but they are out of stock in nearby stores and online).

15 newly drilled holes later:

And so you don’t have to scroll up again:

Before

After

Cost

Desk – Craigstlist $75.00

Primer and Paint – On hand

Glass Pulls – Hobby Lobby $9.99 $4.99 x 6 = $29.94

Acrylic Knobs – Pottery Barn Teen $1.99 x 3 = $5.97 (found on clearance and free shipping!)

Total $110.91

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