The Same Desk, Two Looks

I could have titled this post "Meet my twins".....But, that seemed like a cheap way to get attention, so I will just say

 "Look twins"!

How odd to find two little writing desks at a sale.....Oh, I just had to have them

I knew they had potential.   I used something called "Gloss off" (Available at any home improvement store) to get the shine off (I hate sanding) then cranked up my electric paint sprayer and primed them with Kilz primer and 2 coats of Heirloom white paint.   A little trick is to take the cap of heirloom white spray paint and have it color matched to make a gallon of paint.

Now it was time to give them each a distinctly different personality

This was an "Oops" green paint and the old knobs for both desks were from my stash

For the next desk, I mixed up my own grey paint using warm white and black paint, it almost looks a little blue?  

I loved the color so much I took a drawer to Ace Hardware and had them do a color match to make a quart, here's the magic mixing numbers .  The base paint is Royal.

This color looks so great with white!  I finished both with a protective coating of wipe-on poly by Minwax 

These little transformed desks will be going to the Fancy Flea April 28th in Lakeland Florida

I know I should be humble and not say how much I love these, but if I had room I would be splitting up the twins and keeping the grey one for myself!

I'm hosting the family Easter dinner (I will miss Baby Boy, he's in DC) so, I'm off to cook and clean.


Wishing you all a Blessed Easter!!

Happy Creating!

Carol

Linking with Miss Mustard Seed