TURNING A DESK INTO TWO BEDSIDE TABLES and painting them with annie sloan chalk paint






I found a solid wood desk on the road-
side the morning after we got home from vacation. It was a wonderful
 WELCOME HOME!!!
I would never have found the desk if we didn't have to go back to the airport to retrieve our luggage. 



BEFORE                  AFTER

We had notice through the airplane 
window that our bags were not making it on the plane. As
panic strikes, we asked the flight attendant what happens now.
"The baggage will take the next flight" he said. 
Our flight only comes into our home airport once a day so the
 next morning we went back to the airport and there was
 our luggage coming off the day's plane. I hope sharing this
 info might help some of you feel better if you see your
 luggage being left behind.


Now onto the roadside desk project ....

The middle drawer was missing and one set of legs was 
already broken off this old desk. I removed the other set of
 legs and started unscrewing the top from the inside.

I will use the top for another project down the road
and find two smaller pieces of wood for the tops.


The next step was to separate the two sides. I checked
to see if there was any screws holding things together and
 found it was all glue and dowels, so out came my
SKIL JIGSAW.


NOTE:
I did NOT cut the dowels flush so I would not 
damage the flat side of the panels.


I sanded each area where the desk was originally joined and
 used my trusty wood filler to smooth everything out.


When it was time to find new tops for the two sets of drawers
 I went to my wood stash and found two desk pull outs made
 of solid wood that only needed one cut to fit my new 
bedsides cabinets. The new tops attached the same way the
 old top came off, screws from underneath.


I added a set of cabriole legs on the fronts and a set of 
straight legs to the backs of each cabinet. Then I sprayed
them with Annie Sloan 50/50 old and pure white before
 distressing.


The handles I choice for these drawers are 
pairs of genuine antique swing pulls. I used Annie Sloan clear
 wax once everything was finished, even the handles were clear waxed.

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HOPE ALL YOUR VACATIONS GO RIGHT!


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