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a desk and chair with a chalkboard on it in front of a window that says abc 12

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an old school desk and chair sitting on the sidewalk

Ok so where did I leave off? Scary strippers? That sounds about right. So the next part is the fun part... making it pretty again! You might remember it looked like this: So I checked my basement to see if I had anything on hand. I turns out I had 3 kinds of stain; honey…

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a young boy sitting at a desk with the words vintage school desk refurplish

This post originally appeared on January 29, 2014 and has been edited and updated to share with you today! You can find the original post //here//. ********** There is just something wonderful about taking an old or vintage piece and giving it a new life. I love finding a piece that has some character and a unique story and […]

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an old wooden chair sitting on top of a cement floor next to a wall and door

Ginger wanted to hand down her own childhood desk to her daughter Clara, but due to water damage and “the remnants of various stickers I put on there long ago (oops)” she needed to give it a refresh first. See how it looks now:Great job Ginger! We see desks like this all the time at flea markets and usually dismiss them as too dowdy, but bright paint totally modernizes the look.

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a green chair sitting on top of a field next to a wooden table and book shelf

I've been given several old school desks over the years, from people whose kids had outgrown them. I often repurpose parts of them, like the antique alphabet school page sign I made from the top of another desk, but this one didn't have any parts that were easily removable, so it would get a makeover instead. All in all, it was in decent condition, but a child had scratched some words into the top of the desk, and the 'greige'

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