New office desk

I mentioned last week that I thought I could see into my future when I posted this....I see this desk in my future ~

While I was at World Market Friday, I asked about the campaign desk and was told they had one at another store and I could pick it up on Saturday.  It was regularly $229.00 on sale for $199.99, and for being a "rewards member", I got an additional 10% off - making the desk $179.99.  The good news doesn't stop there though.....

I had to be out Saturday with my daughter, so my husband was kind enough to pick it up and assemble it before I got home! 

These pull out extensions are on both ends for extra work space.

I'm enjoying this cross bar below as an occasional foot rest.

Yesterday I treated myself to this little brass bowl from the Nate Berkus collection at Target.

Loving it!

What are you seeing in your future?

Petie

I see this desk in my future

I really appreciate my World Market emails that let me know about their sales.  

(They're one of the few advertising emails I take the time to read before hitting delete!)

Some of their furniture is on sale this month.....including this desk.

I've been looking for something simple for our home office, and this just might be the one. 

Do you have some simple pieces of furniture in your future? 

Hope your week is going well!

Petie

Making new furniture look old

I purchased this chest at Pier 1 several months ago.  It has great character, and with 3 drawers, great storage too. I was in search of something to use for a bedside table, in a cream color, because our master bedroom is dominated by browns. The chest was on sale and I knew I could give it a new life.

 I used Annie Sloan chalk paint in Old White and went through the steps of paint, wax, etc with sanding in between to add a distressed look.

I wasn't satisfied with the chest in the final white finish so I took another step to age it a little more.

  I forgot to take a picture of it before I started "glazing", but if you look closely you can see how the drawer is a chalky white and just above it is more aged looking where I've been adding brown paint.

I call this process "glazing", but I'm really just painting on some old brown paint and spraying it with my water bottle to thin out the paint before I rub it in with a cloth.

 Can you see how it looks a little more aged in the photo below?

 I'm pretty happy with the end result.

Hoping to get a few more things done in the master bedroom before I share the whole room :)