Little Girl's Desk

This is the finished product of a desk I made for Kim, a client, and her daughter, Amanda.

BEFORE

I sanded down the entire desk and chair. I used Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint ( ASCP ), in Old White. The client wanted the desk to match her daughter's already existing bedroom furniture, which was Cream in color. Her daughter loved the colors Purple, Pink, and Aqua, with Purple being her favorite. They did not want it over the top girly, as Amanda is sporty too.

 

When you add paint to the molding on furniture, then the hidden details really pop. Here you can see the little diamond pattern emerge. I decided I would paint this a Deep Purple color.

 I painted the  bottom drawer with the Deep Purple and Medium Pink in a striped pattern. The background was ASCP in Old White. The middle drawer was kept simple and painted in Old White. The handles on the bottom two drawers were painted in the Deep Purple. The top drawer was Decoupaged with an adorable wrapping paper that has butterflies and flowers in Purples, Pinks, and Lime Green. The background of the paper was Cream so it was just perfect! The center drawer was also kept simple with Old White Paint. I Added Purple Daisy Knobs to the long middle drawer, and to the Decoupaged drawer. It was pure luck that I found them! The chair was painted in the Old White with the back spindles in Deep Purple and Medium Pink like the stripes on the drawer. I also painted some of the rings on the legs of the desk  Deep Purple and Medium Pink. I added a light coating of Minwax's Fast Drying Polyurethane to both the Desk and chair.

AFTER: A great desk and chair to grow with.

Happy Creating!

~Catherine