Arles Yellow Desk

Friday is the day of the craft fair and I jut have one more piece to paint, I'm in turbo mode now. Today I finished a fun desk. I love the long legs of the desk and the hardware is just something special. I went out of my comfort zone and painted it in Arles Chalk Paint, lightened a little with some tan.  I dark waxed this piece to tone down the brightness and add patina. If this desk is for you come on down Friday, I'd love to meet you. Here's the info:
Eva M Wolfe Elementary School
4027 West Washburn Road, North Las Vegas, NV 89031
December 14th 2012
5:30 pm- until closing

I almost forgot....... Here is another sneak peek of some more headbands I'll be selling as well. I can't pass up a chance to show cute pictures of my girl.

Jenine

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Herringbone Desk

I ran across this desk that had clearly been painted several times. It looked like someone had tried to strip it and sand it down but gave up. Boy, I know when I'm in that process, thoughts of giving up cross my mind. This piece had some strange rust and cement-like textures on some parts of it. I probably should have just thrown it away, but I thought I'd give it a shot. I wanted to do something fun.

I just love it! I stripped, sanded, primed, and painted. I knew I'd be using chalk paint and milk paint, but I felt the primer was necessary to hold the rust in and all those strange layers. The milk paint crackled beautifully over the primer, I wasn't even trying, it just happened and it looks awesome! The milk paint was easily chipped away with a metal putty knife. I sealed it so all the "chippy" goodness would stay on and not continue chipping.

This item is for sale in my shop, keep in mind this is not a smooth finish paint job, it has chipping, layers and peeling paint. The top middle drawer sticks a bit but the rest work like a charm.

Jenine



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