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Goodwill Desk

Hello friends!
 
~ I shared this over at Garage Sales R Us a couple of weeks ago….
so if you missed it, here ya’ go! ~

I love garage sales and thrift shopping!  Even when I do have a little extra cash, I still shop at these places instead of at the mall or anywhere else.  Getting a bargain is sooo fun, and addicting!  So a few weeks ago I went in to my local Goodwill to find a piece I needed for aproject I was working on, when what do you know, I run into this old and very much in need of love yet full of potential gem:

I had to take a picture of it at the store right then and there, green plastic bin underneath it and all.  It was solid wood, no MDF anywhere, and believe me I checked.  The price tag said just $14.99, I claimed it as mine right away.


I didn’t actually need a desk, until I found this one, then of course I ‘found’ a need for it.  It’ll be my new work desk.  My future blog posts will be more enhanced, enlightening, and entertaining, because they will be written on this desk.  That’s what I told myself-and I bought every word of it. HA!

Here’s a quick tutorial on how this seen-better-days desk, got a makeover:

Outdoors with an orbital sander, and 60 grit sandpaper I sanded the top to remove all of the stains and water damage.

Lots of cosmetic damage
 
Much better!

Using Zinsser Cover Stain, which I adore, I painted the legs and body of the desk, leaving the top bare.

I didn’t sand before hand because the cover stain is pretty good at gripping on to the stain without any necessary prep–this is why I loooove it!

Once the cover stain dried (about 10 minutes!), I did go over the whole thing with the sander to smooth it out completely.  I used 150 grit and it took about 5 minutes since I wasn’t removing any stain or paint, just smoothing it out.

I bought a sample size of Behr paint in Bleached Linen (white) at Home Depot and with a foam brush I painted over the primer, and went over the desk top with Minwax Wood Finish stain in Dark Walnut. 

 

With a sanding block, I distressed just the edges to give it a classic and worn feel.  Lastly, I added a couple coats of polyurethane to the entire piece.

During the dry time, I painted the original brassy hardware with silver spray, which I already had (that’s the best kind!)

That’s it!

Loving the wood grain showing!

Super easy right?!  A few hours, some paint, and a vision..that’s all you need to make something old and discarded, into something beautiful and timeless.

Here’s a sneak peek at where it will be living..right under the large Pottery Barn bulletin board I got at a garage sale for a whopping $3.  Can’t wait to fix it up and accessorize this space!

What are you finding at thrift stores and garage sales these days?

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Comments

  1. That desk is fantastic! I love what you did with the top of it, Barbara. What a deal! It looks wonderful with your PB corkboard too.

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    • Thank you so much! I’ve been accessorizing it slowly…can’t wait to update the post with that!

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  2. My obsession at Goodwill is clothes. I recently went from a size 10 to a size 2 so had to replace my entire wardrobe which is definitely not in my budget. In Arizona Thursday is “Dollar Day” at Goodwill where everything of a certain color tag is $1. Check out my blog to see my refashions, everything was $1. Love your desk, I also got one recently at Goodwill, the price was $14.99 but she gave me the senior discout so it was $11! I love a deal.
    http://kamsmomusa.blogspot.com

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    • Congratulations on your weight loss success, Carolyn! A discount at the GW? What a score! Thanks for stopping by! I’m heading your way now!

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  3. Great job! Love it!

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  4. Great make over and great price. Our thrift shops here would have charged five times that!

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