A DESK......................for Izzy

When James ( John's son - my step ! ) asked that we find him a desk for Izzy ( Isabella ) my first thought was :
For Izzy?
School?
WHERE DOES IT GO?
I mean really - where on earth does the time go?

My second thought was - well Mr.Craig -  here I come !
And he so seldom disappoints that it's not even worth mentioning.

He offered this.................
For 15.00 dollars.- I don't usually find prices that incredible but every now and then the stars are aligned just perfectly.

( the chair was a bonus - can you believe it?  at 15.00 dollars to get a bonus? )
It doesn't fit the desk at all ( in size anyway ) so that will be saved for another makeover because I happen to be in love with it :)

I got out my ANNIE SLOAN CHALK PAINT ™
Old White
Paris Grey
two of my favorite combo's with chalk paint and went to town on my blank canvas - adding details that I thought would suit little Izzy perfectly.

And here's what I came up with..............

I have what I call my little red treasure box of stencils from Michaels - there's tons of them in there and they last quite a long time considering they're thick paper ( not plastic so can't be washed ) I think I paid 6 or 7 dollars for the pack !

I painted those white " frames " by putting painter's tape on the outside as a guide - but I free handed the other side ( does that make sense to you ? ) because I didn't want perfection - I wanted it to kind of look cartoonish like ( well ! obviously cartoonish is not a word because I'm getting squiggly lines underneath it - but it should be a word, shouldn't it? )  I speak " ISH " and think a lot of words sound better by adding it the end of them.

For the top - to give it a little interest - I painted it first with Old White - 2 coats - then I put a coat of Paris Grey wash ( half paint - half water ) as soon as I painted the grey on it - I took a cloth and wiped it back and forth to make streaks.................

I sprainted the handles - that's definitely not a word I know - I invented it to replace spray + paint - feel free to use it whenever you like :)

Suzan says - Do you think you could help me bring the desk outside to take photos
John says - WHY?
Suzan says - There's no room in the house to get a decent shot
John says - YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME - WE BOUGHT THIS HOUSE BECAUSE YOU NEEDED MORE ROOM

We almost took out one of the back door windows carrying it out LOL.................

John says - What's next ?  A house with 15 rooms that you can crowd with furntiure?

And that's the story of a desk makeover

2 coats of clear wax for protection and this is where Izzy - the future Doctor - gets her start :)

Love,
Lolli & Pop !

Suzan says - Ok John - ready to bring it back in
Suzan says - John?
Suzan says - JOHN???

Have a wonderful day everyone !
Another heat wave warning is being called for today - but in between jumping in the pool I'll be working on this beauty

For now?
Another one bites the dust..............

See you tomorrow !
Hugs,
Me ( ish )


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