My New Office

Living in a 3-bedroom home with no bonus room lends itself to all kinds of space issues. If I had one wish for this house, it would be for an office. Close-the-door-leave-the-business-bill-computer-mess-behind room.

Back in 2007, I built this little black table that ended up being my desk which we put in our TV room and it has plagued me with its smallness for years. Until now. I lovingly asked my husband for a bigger desk and in two weekends we hammered it out together I am in my new home.

Before: (sad right?)

The process:
A family affair:
It's a very simple design but we are all about function...

Including Olivia's "help" with the polyurethane. She did this while I was inside after I had completed the finishing on the top to a smoothness like unto a baby's bottom. She wanted to help. It set me back hours as I had to scrape, re-sand, re-paint, re-glaze, re-poly and all this with a newborn in arms. I was a tiny bit upset.

The finish is just a brown paint that we matched with our entertainment center stain color and then I used a black antiquing glaze to make it look almost like a stain.

And after:
So much better!!! I am one happy bill payer, couponer, secretary, blogger, organizer.

Again...before...

And from the same angle, after...