How to paint a roll top desk

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Apparently, I’ve been living under a rock… …and we underwent a season change from fall to winter over a month ago. Of course, can you blame me for being out of touch when we’ve had shorts weather recently? (Northerners, please don’t send me hate mail. Instead, come and visit sunny Florida!) That said, I’m lonnnnng overdue for our...

Well, I'm happy to finally be finished this project! I started it last spring just before I started feeling icky with my pregnancy. I worked at it s-l-o-w-l-y for awhile then ceased altogether. Until last week. I had a burst of energy and decided it's time to get this project DONE! I had bought this vintage age roll top desk from Craigslist with the intention of giving it a few updates and reselling it. So, it's now for sale if you know someone in Northwest Ohio looking for a good solid…

Here are the basics on how to hand paint furniture like a pro. I like to use latex paint, as it has held up the best against my kids over the last 4 years.

A few weeks ago, i scheduled a much needed week of no custom orders. In some ways i love customs, but it does limit me as far as trying out new paints, techniques, products, etc. Sometimes i just have to be free of deadlines and trying to give people exactly what they envision so i

Hello and welcome to another class in the School of Restoration ! Yesterday my next tutorial was posted up on The Divine Minimalist . In c...

Roll Top Desk Flip: We found this lovely roll top desk on https://jmty.jp over here in Japan. It's a popular site in Japan where you can basically sell anything you want. We've always wanted a roll top desk to makeover and found the perfect one on this site. Furnitu…

A little re-do of a child's roll top desk and keeping a part of history alive! http://reposhture.blogspot.com/2013/11/childs-roll-top-desk.html #furniture,…

One of my favorite blogs is Miss Mustard Seed. I love her decorating style and the furniture she refinishes. She came out with her own brand of milk paint called Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint. I had heard of milk paint, but always thought it was something you could only use on raw wood. Milk paint was how they used to paint furniture back in the 1800s. If you have an antique piece of furniture from the 1800s that has original paint on it, chances are it is milk paint. Once I started doing a…