tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37059720067637833212024-03-11T21:52:35.305-07:00MakeMePrettyAgainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705972006763783321.post-49383101445578155632018-04-09T13:19:00.003-07:002018-04-09T13:19:46.601-07:00Emerald green Campaign DeskSeems like forever since I've done anything new. But, here's a completed new guy done w/BM Advance in Glossy Emerald Isle. Such a beautiful, no nonsense green. Like the color of new grass. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFGDVQ0hYQRT1j8jpSB9sUARyp5TXHbHKC9XEEmjoSaK-frFCkLJdx9sukyLWp4eniwYK1YHPFVF0zSDxTq3ei1shXs_owsXlkQOBsQ7Fz-QnOez-w0UpvQobcEDj0-MzM2mXfZSFx4vQ/s1600/DSC_0482.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFGDVQ0hYQRT1j8jpSB9sUARyp5TXHbHKC9XEEmjoSaK-frFCkLJdx9sukyLWp4eniwYK1YHPFVF0zSDxTq3ei1shXs_owsXlkQOBsQ7Fz-QnOez-w0UpvQobcEDj0-MzM2mXfZSFx4vQ/s640/DSC_0482.jpg" width="544" /></a><br />
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and then ended up just letting it sit,,,and sit! I should have sprayed, because doing those legs w/a small brush took many coats. Polishing all that hardware is always great fun too. downside to campaign pieces is the hardware and fifty million little nails.<br />
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I just love this shade of green with the deep blues. and look at that shine on top! 5 coats.<br />
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Been awhile since I"ve posted anything. I guess I'm just whooped from our massive bedroom/bathroom renovation. </div>
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Houzz featured the reno on their Stories Heading here:</div>
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I've did a running post throughout the year long remodel. (yes year. downside of doing things yourself is that it often gets pushed back. Often. lol) </div>
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<b>If you haven't see it, it's <i><span style="color: #741b47;"><a href="http://makemeprettyagain.blogspot.com/p/complete-bathroombedroom-renovation.html">here</a>.</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sigh, I finally got around to completing what I started four months ago. I blame the weather!! I work in my garage. And when it's 100 outside, it's 95 in the garage. even at 10 at night. Anyway, here it is.....(click on photos to see a bigger picture)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yes I know. Not terribly bad. Except it was grungy and filthy! And there are a million more like it. So time to mix it up a bit....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have done many other custom art wood stain designs on the tops of my pieces. It was time for another. Lets start from the beginning, eh??</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A thorough cleaning,scrub down, and then lots of sanding! The top was taken off with a stripper. Soy Gel. Sanded and wiped, and then I drew out my flower design. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Use chalk. If you mess up, a wet rag takes it right off. And when you are done staining, you can wipe off the lines and no one will ever know! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sometimes I blend with a rag, sometimes the brush. If your lines get covered w/stain, take some sandpaper and sand on the lines to clean them up. Then it comes out something like this when you are finished. </span><br />
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Cobalt Blue. My fave color. And <a href="https://www.realmilkpaint.com/">The Real Milk Paint Co</a> has the most gorgeous shade of that blue, hands down. So many people ask what color this is. Blue Lagoon. And that's just what it looks like. </div>
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Two coats of paint and two coats of tung oil. Bam! </div>
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A decent dresser from the very early 1900's. Some nice burled walnut. I chose to go w/a two tone because the walnut was in decent condition. Not sure of the top. Maybe elm or ash. </div>
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I only have a 'few' of their paints!<br />
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Don't freak when you apply the paint. It's going to look dull. In the picture you see the dried paint and then the area where the oil has been applied. Their tung oil and citrus solvent mixture are the best. And non toxic! I mix mine in an old glass jar with a tight lid. I also added a little of the dark tung oil. </div>
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Out on my patio where I have the Mexican tile. Goes perfectly! </div>
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The tung oil puts it's own finish onto the piece. 3-5 coats is enough to give it a good sealing.</div>
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Much like a wax coating. </div>
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This was one of my earlier milk paint pieces I did, and one of the few that I kept. I mean, look at that hardware. Hello????!!!! Couldn't sell this one. Besides cobalt, this turquoise is my next fave. I've probably used this color on 6 different pieces and they've all sold quickly. </div>
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Still looks good after 4 years. </div>
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If you have any questions about the paint, check out their site or talk to Dwayne over there. </div>
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I love doing these 1970 dressers, but the prep work is ridiculous! Because these are made with a laminate type coating, painting can be challenging. Prep work is imperative on these. </div>
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Heres what I started with. Lovely. You can't be too zealous w/the sanding or else you go through these mdf tops and end up w/a very rough, nonsandable surface. </div>
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All of the drawers had this factory finish that was peeling. I had to hand-sand every single drawer! Can you say, "nightmare"? Took me hours and hours to get these smooth. </div>
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Then after priming, I had to go back and smooth them by sanding again. And sometime priming again! I was really hating the day I brought home this thing. </div>
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I used my Fine Paints of Europe Eco line in a "Ballet Pink" color. No bubblegum pink for this lady. </div>
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This piece can be used by a girl of any age! </div>
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And of course my signature paint on the drawers! I used Berry for the middle and a medium gray for the outer drawers. Again, Everything was sanded, primed and painted. Because I used a glossy paint, every piece of lint and hair will show. Before I paint, I even have to prep my garage area by sweeping and mopping the floor down with water to get the dust to settle. Look at that reflective top! And I brushed it, not sprayed. I gave it at least 6 coats with plenty of fine sanding in between coats. That's the only way you can get a fine, smooth finish. Try wet sanding with a 600 grit. </div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Due to stolen content, I can no longer provide a full RSS feed. I word hard to share fresh, original content-and there are so many new sites stealing my work that I have been forced to change the feed settings. Thanks for understanding!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705972006763783321.post-76644156034828217052016-04-27T19:42:00.001-07:002017-06-08T21:53:53.430-07:00Another Ceruse Project! <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">It's been awhile since I've taken on a ceruse technique on another dresser, but when I came across this vintage oak piece with the great grain detail, I knew I had to work on it! This time, I chose a turquoise color instead of black. </span></span><br>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">Â </span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the original post I did on how to ceruse, <span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://makemeprettyagain.blogspot.com/2013/12/ceruse-technique.html">click HERE</a>Â </span> <i><span style="color: #7f6000;">and</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://makemeprettyagain.blogspot.com/2014/04/my-lane-masterpiece-is-finished.html" style="background-color: black;"><b>HEREÂ </b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ok, lets see what I started with! Feast your eyes! </span></div>
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      <i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yeah I know, why in the world would I ever want to cover up this gem? Oh stop! </span></i><br>
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    I have no idea what people do to their furniture in order to get it to look like this!  On the very bottom scalloped molding on the left side, you can see where a piece is missing. I had to glue this piece (at least they saved it) on so it would match the right side.  See the 5th picture for the result.<br>
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 In the below picture, you can see how it all looks after stripping off the whole mess!  The wood was on some sort of plastic or resin underlayment. Very weird. I've never seen anything like it. The top and drawer fronts are walnut and the rest is made of pine.  Very light piece.  Only the parts that were to be stained got an entire stripping. The pine part was sanded only until everything felt smooth to the touch. It all got sprayed with a shellac. It also got a coat of red primer to help the black paint look better. When you apply your paint directly onto the wood without primer, it can look splotchy and rough. You must have a base coat primer before applying your paint. I used the red primer because I used black paint. </div>
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Oh the stuff one finds in obscure places! </div>
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My husband happened upon a burnt out house/yard that was destroyed by an illegal marij. grow house!!  Laying around the burnt out litter, was this little gem! </div>
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 <span style="text-align: center;">I have no idea how it got to be this color. I put it in the 80 year old range just from the way is was made. so I sanded the top and sides and applied some stain. c-below. </span><br>
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 As usual, I used my BM Advance in glossy on this one.<br>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was approached by a customer who saw my pet bed for sale and wanted to know if I could do it in a different color. She wanted it done in a dark teal with a black glazing and a dark red interior. Mine was black and white w/turq. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Rather than repainting this one, I found another one for sale on Craigslist that was almost identical in looks (but not in quality. More on that tidbit later!) Plus, she wanted it to sit higher so she bought some short legs. </span></div>
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 <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I had already started to rough up the finish on this one. Now when I mentioned quality, I meant the MDF stuff! That's what this was around the door frame and such. How did I know??? When the screws just fell out and the door came apart! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">modify, etc,,,just about anything! He was able to fabricate a piece of wood to fit into the slot where the mdf disintegrated!  And he was able to find a a way to attach the legs to a bracket! Be aware that when you buy these feet with the machined-in screw, you usually need a 'female' receiver part to screw into it. Most people forget that part. As did my customer. The after market ones you can buy come with a large bracket attached to it. It's a mess to install. </span></div>
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This bamboo line from Thomasville was/is very popular. Original paint finish for this guy was the white laminate top with yellowy-green paint finish. Not so popular in this day and age! The desk was part of the entire bedroom set. I know a lot of fellow finishers have done the desk and the dresser.<br>
I've wanted to do one for quite awhile and finally stumbled across this piece online. </div>
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I couldn't seem to find any before picture, other than this one I had atop another piece. My hoarder condition in the garage is reaching alarming proportions. You know you have issues when start stacking your inventory three-high! </div>
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 Everything but the top got a good sanding. The drawers (inside, and all of the wood sides) got <br>
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I just love doing the mid century dressers and credenzas. For this one I used Fine Paints of Europe, Eco line. This is an acrylic/oil hybrid that is water based. The pigments in this paint are so rich and deep, they literally pop! For this piece I picked a gorgeous chartreuse. Now, this isn't a color that everyone can use, but I don't think it overwhelms the piece and will go with any gray, black/white decor. It's an accent piece. When I picked it up, someone had already taken off the legs and built some sort of base for it to sit on. Â It came to mid thigh level! I asked the owner, "Where's the rest of it??:"Â </div>
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          Luckily, i had some spare peg legs lying around the garage and attached those!<br>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kent Coffey Amerasia Pagoda Dresser. Only one I've come across in four years. Needless to say, this one went quickly. A customer saw this in my inventory off of Etsy and wanted it customized.  Since this was being used as a media cabinet, she wanted me to remove the far right drawers in order to contain her electronics. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Hub removed the drawers and other pieces and cut some luan to fill the side and bottom. </b></span></div>
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<b>I know my posts have been few and far between, but not for lack of things to do! I've had many custom order requests and have been very busy! I haven't even been able to touch my inventory or create any designs. A local couple had seen my blog and loved the color of a blue chest I had finished.  They asked if I could do the same color on their vanity they just purchased. </b></div>
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 <b style="text-align: center;">They picked the colors of metallic blue on the body and pink on the inside. I did my own personal mix of MM Venetian Blue mixed with some Black Pearl. </b><br>
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<b style="text-align: center;">The before and after on the drawers. There were quite a few missing pieces of wood that got filled. I also removed this part of the molding to paint. </b><b>I chose to spray the inside of compartment area and thought I would try a lacquer. </b></div>
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<b>The spray lacquer is Begonia from Amy Howard. It's nice, but towards the end of the can, the glossiness went away! I believe I had to coat the entire part with a clear lacquer top coat!</b><br>
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Man oh man. The nightmares of all nightmare prep jobs! Behold this classic, vintage Asain style dresser made by Stanley. Originally it was done in that icky yellow. </div>
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<b>But some genius decided to throw on some black paint. Literally. Was the worst paint job, ever!</b><br>
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 <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This was after applying a stripper and starting to scrape. The "wood" is actually some sort of resin type material that's hard, but crumples if you chip at it. This was beyond horrific. Seriously. Took me about 20 hours before I could even put a brush to it. This is why I don't buy painted pieces~!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>But,,</i>,,</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Totally worth it in the end....</span></b></div>
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 <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This piece was custom painted for a customer in Chicago. She wanted a Robins Egg Blue.</span><br>
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 All the wood orchid planter boxes, we made.  These two are the recent additions:<br>
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I picked up this great antique buffet recently and thought it would look cool made into a coffee bar. If someone had one of those old fashioned stores where they served up tea, coffee or drinks, I think this would look cool as an accent piece. I wish I had room for it my kitchen! Â Â </div>
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         Oops. Little late on the before shot. Already started sanding. The drawers needed some stoppers, so I made those little guys (otherwise the drawer pushes in too far. see above?)<br>
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 Didn't have enough of one of these patterns, so I used all three! Hey, it works for pillows! Oh, did you want to see the final result????? My bad....</div>
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I hate how the flash washes out these colors! I'll just post a bunch more ;)<br>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Campaign desks are hard to come by. Good ones by Drexel are really hard to come by,,,at a decent price. I got this one for a steal because it was in such poor shape. It was a nice oak veneer, which you don't usually see in these desks. Legs are solid oak. The hardware was in pretty good shape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Why is it that these waterfall pieces I come across are so messed up?? I want you to see that just because wood seems like it's beyond repair or refinishing, it usually is not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My very first one was a desk that was deplorable! I refinished it way back when I was first starting out. This horrendous desk has been pinned to the moon and back on Pinterest! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>Here is a before pic of that desk and a link to my blog post so you can see the finished result! I know. Sneaky. <a href="http://makemeprettyagain.blogspot.com/2012/04/horrendous-waterfall-desk.html">HERE is the link</a> Seriously. I did not replace the top. </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So todays post is about another waterfall piece. A dresser. Same messed up top and almost the same messed up body. Not quite as bad though. </span></div>
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This was another piece that came to me by way of Las Vegas.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So here's the top. Pretty bad. Very rough and stained. Because the body is pine, it had dings and gouges everywhere. The top got a gentle sanding. It's very easy to burn through this walnut veneer. So be careful. Do the curved part by hand, otherwise you will burn through, and there is no fix for that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After a coat of the stain (i think i used a walnut. I can't remember!) and trying to decide on some colors.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> The body was done in a very pale gray and the black was GF Lampblack. Can you believe the top??? I did a satin topcoat of Deft acrylic topcoat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ok..the pic of "Mama" just had to be shown! I love the one on the right! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since I just finished a <i><a href="http://makemeprettyagain.blogspot.com/2015/04/vintage-hexagon-table-gets-new-life.html"><span style="color: magenta;">vintage table/pet bed</span></a><span style="color: red;">,</span></i> I thought I would take it over to Hometalk to share and look to see what other ideas people have had. I was surprised to find quite a few beds! Take a look at my clipboard from<a href="http://www.hometalk.com/b/7102606/custom-pet-beds"> <span style="color: magenta;"><i><b>Hometalk! </b></i></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quick post on what do with those old so lovely vintage, weirdly shaped, side tables from </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the 70's. Paint them to start with. And why not give them double duty as a pet bed?? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mine started out something like this (I forgot to take a before pic). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With a little paint,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> And a fresh new pet bed,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Viola'</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's painted black all around the back. I would have like to do some black on the door, but way more work than I wanted to spend on this guy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Damian is testing it out....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mama is just a matching accessory for the photo! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Either way, it's a cool little addition to the family room or as a night stand for the bedroom. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just a little quip I'm writing about today on the bonehead mistake I made. Perhaps someone else can learn from my errors! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So. Drexel Campaign Desk. Suh-weet! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Friend found it in Vegas and hauled it back for me. Thought it was a good deal until I </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You're probably thinking what's the big deal?? A little veneer action. So what. Um, no. I forgot to snap pics before hub and I got all the glue and clamps on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But you can probably get the gist of just how tore up this baby was. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was lopsided because it was out of the grooves. Now the drawers will close well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ok. This post isn't about the desk so much as what I did wrong while measuring for a new top. Below is the laminate crap top that it came with. I like real wood. I have done this on a previous mid century desk using cherry <b><i><a href="http://makemeprettyagain.blogspot.com/2012/10/vintage-desk-in-navy-blue.html">HERE. </a> </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;">This desk is made </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">of oak. So I went to the lumberyard at bought some white oak planks. As you can see the desk top is 46". So I measured the planks at 46", thinking it would work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Uh, no. Just a tad off. What the heck??!!! </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdyghTWlnTFdVvq41wIZwCQtJVCXaYN_O6Zh-CBUWd2fH4dXKrzxkhOknZwwgAQNUT8AMeSEzgyAn_L1YacbYBp0KpE7I4a-cmzGPJON6YPu046pLUHYIPH0xVMcsIbnwBliFJro3LwqA/s1600/IMG_9814.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdyghTWlnTFdVvq41wIZwCQtJVCXaYN_O6Zh-CBUWd2fH4dXKrzxkhOknZwwgAQNUT8AMeSEzgyAn_L1YacbYBp0KpE7I4a-cmzGPJON6YPu046pLUHYIPH0xVMcsIbnwBliFJro3LwqA/s1600/IMG_9814.JPG" height="426" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> So. What I SHOULD have done, and what I did with the last plank before I cut, was to measure it from the desk itself, not the MDF top. I guess the other top had a beveled edge that made up that 1/2" difference. Oh well. Lesson learned. Went back to the lumberyard and bought 4 more pieces. This time had the old man do it. Sigh. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stay tuned for the finished product. I plan on doing a weathered gray ceruse on this top. </span></div>
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