USA 1950's Polished steel double bank desk. These classic American deco style desks are very well built. These desks are customizable and you can choose your formica color. Please visit click here for color samples Condition* restored Measurements height: 29 in. depth: 30 in. width/length: 5 ft. Specifications Number of items: 1 Materials/Techniques: steel, formica Creator: All Steel

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So, I picked this piece up from the Habitat Restore to give a facelift for an art show. The projects are to be auctioned off to benefit our local Habitat for Hu…

Well, I'm happy to finally be finished this project! I started it last spring just before I started feeling icky with my pregnancy. I worked at it s-l-o-w-l-y for awhile then ceased altogether. Until last week. I had a burst of energy and decided it's time to get this project DONE! I had bought this vintage age roll top desk from Craigslist with the intention of giving it a few updates and reselling it. So, it's now for sale if you know someone in Northwest Ohio looking for a good solid desk. :) The people that were selling it had cats (read there was cat hair all over it) and it was their daughter's desk. It was good and solid but dirty and not pretty. They lived in a very small house and were getting a piano for their daughter so the desk had to go to make room for the piano. Here are some pictures of it "Before": And here it is after I added some cute little bun feet, changed the drawer pulls, painted it with Annie Sloan chalk paint (old white), and waxed it. I think it's 100% improved. You notice I didn't paint all the cubbies.... I was too lazy. :) I thought about just removing that part of it but there's just something I like about having it for organization. It was in good shape, unlike the top and the work surface. So, I just left it as it was. And I think it looks ok this way. The insides of the drawers were kinda marked up and ugly so I lined them with some pretty damask scrapbook paper. I didn't like the big 'blocky' drawer pulls so I found these pretty, vintage knobs with back plates on eBay. They were white so I gave them a coat of oil-rubbed bronze spray paint. I think they're much better. And here are some other shots 'just because'. In this picture you can see how I did the feet. First I added a board that was 1" larger than the bottom of the desk on 3 sides and screwed it down. Like this: These two pictures are shown with the desk upside down. Sorry, this is a really poor shot but it's the only one I have like this. Then I put cove (I think that's what it's called) moulding around it on the ledge I created. For the feet, I just bought bun feet and mounting plates from Menards. Screw the plates to the bottom of the desk and then screw the feet into the mounting plate. I didn't take any progress shots (they're boring anyway). And because I like side by side comparisons here's the before and after again: So there it is. Hopefully it will find a new home soon. Linking to: Between Naps on the Porch's Metamorphosis Monday Coastal Charm's Nifty Thrifty Tuesday My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia's Tuesday's Treasures Savvy Southern Style's Wow Us Wednesday DIY by Design's Winter Blues Wednesday Chatty Chics' Wild Wednesday Beneath My Heart's Best DIY Projects of February Miss Mustard Seed's Furniture Feature Friday

Via Modern Country Style Although I am 20-something, I often get remarks like, "Oh dear, You have a granny's soul" or "Sweetie, you were just born in the wrong era, this new century is just not your cup of tea!" And I proudly claim that its true, when it comes to home decor and interior, I am an OLD soul still ravishing olden styles and designs. One of my favorite is Shabby chic style of interior décor that revolves around furniture and furnishings that look aged and time-tested, without actually being in poor condition or broken. It is possible to create the look with entirely new furniture, and this requires a steady hand and great finesse to get the look exactly right – in the Goldilocks zone, as it were, 'just right!' It is not necessary to have every piece of furniture and every accessory and soft furnishing be shabby chic – in fact, that can create an overwhelming aura of just 'shabby,' and very little 'chic!' Via Ruffled Highlight the Room Choose one or two pieces to carry off the shabby chic theme, keeping everything else beautifully modern or neutral. A large old-fashioned sideboard, with a collection of vintage ornaments or old sepia photographs on top can create a wonderfully old-fashioned air in an otherwise up-to-date room. Image Source Image Source Small Touches Nodding to History If you love your brand new furniture, you do not have to make any of it look old or 'tatty'. You can add that wonderful nostalgia purely with small touches. A retro telephone, black and white photographs that hearken from the desired era, or even authentic vintage cushion covers and curtains can infuse enough old style into a room to create the perfect shabby chic living room. Image Source Image Source Make Your Own! If you have scoured car boot sales, auctions, charity shops and second hand furniture shops looking for the iconic shabby chic look, but had no luck, do not give up your shabby chic dream just yet. You can create the look fairly easily, with the investment of an hour or two and some paint and sandpaper. Image Source Source a sturdy piece of furniture, in the style that you like. Sand it down lightly to remove the polished finish, then paint it in the bottom colour. Do not worry about making the paint even, gaps and streaks are fine. Once that has dried apply the top colour to the furniture item and allow that to dry. Take the sandpaper and gently 'distress' the edges and corners, removing the top coat to allow the bottom coat to show through in patches. When this is done properly (and it is only practise that will teach you the best methods!) the piece of furniture looks like a wonderfully sturdy, old heirloom that has stood the test of time. And ofcourse, accessories always look ravishing matched with smart furniture! Fabrics Can Play Their Part Too Image Source Many people adore the vintage and retro styles of curtains and fabric coverings, and they are now widely available. You should be easily able to source curtains that strike a nostalgic chord as being exactly like those your grandparents had! Vintage, old-style curtains, an abundance of lace or crochet – especially antimacassars – can add just enough of that old-school charm to infuse your living room which that shabby chic air that is so popular at present. Image source Study your current living room, and plan out what changes you would need to make in order to add a hint of past glory to the room. Once you have a plan of action, begin to make changes in order to achieve that dream, and before you know it you will have the shabby chic living room of your dreams! Share your thoughts and comments would LOVE to know your views! xoxo Eva

A year or so ago I became very interested in restoring old vintage items, like tools and furniture, and incorporating salvaged items into some of my custom woodworking projects. The latest project I completed was an All Steel Equipment tanker desk that I purchased at an online auction back in February.

Secretary Desk Furniture Makeover - Since this piece already had that rustic, primitive look, milk paint was the obvious choice for me. See it transform here

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I'm in the garage, just not quite finished. I'm well on my way to being BEAUTIFUL! Please contact us at [email protected] to get this customized just for you! This Hoosier will be fantastic when done. The flour bin and roll top are in place and an enamel top with blue trim will replace the current mess of a top! Going to be....awesome!

Yaaaaaaaaay it's done! It took a long time. Yes it did. I thought the desk was a poor buy (even though it was only 25 dollars) because the top had this gross piece of vinyl on it, and parts of the desk are plywood with veneer overtop. Fortunately, I managed to rip the vinyl off and the top doesn't look half bad, "rustic" let's call it. Besides, once it was painted black, who could tell if it's plywood + veneer instead of solid wood... no one! Here is the Before: After: Please forgive me for the slightly terrible photos, my iPhone camera is a trooper and the only one I have! Here is what I did to the desk to get it less orange and more black, less vinyl and more wood: 1. Sand every piece possible (very gently on the veneer parts) 2. Rip off the vinyl and sand the top down as much as possible, oil with lemon oil. 3. Prime. With oil based primer. 4. Paint (latex) a lovely black (Opening Night from Home Hardware) 5. Put on some new hardware (3.99 cup pulls from Home Depot) 6. Seal with a satin finish polyurethane like this one: Here is a gross photo of the gross vinyl. Bleh we hates it. A hefty amount of scraping and sanding was required to get all the old glue off: There is still some work to be done ... I would like to put a better varnish on the top to make it durable. Also to add some decorative moulding around the edges, to protect them, and also to protect us from splinters! (I already got one from it and it hurt REAL bad). There is also some staining to fix in one of the drawers, presumably from some devilish little tyke who left the lids off of their gel pens ... I want to do a post on the many uses of baking soda because NOTHING lightened the ink stains better than it did. The other drawers aren't nearly as bad Here is the desk top up close You may be wondering about the cut out piece in the middle? So am I. My genius father speculates it was either an attempt at a cut out for a typewriter back in the day, or a poor attempt to fix a cut out for a typewriter. Please ignore the cardboard on the window as seen in the photo below, it was exceptionally sunny out and it was either take the photo right there and then or take it when I returned to Toronto in January, so just deal with it. One last before and after for posterity.

Antique treadle sewing machines are a favorite collectible item, especially the Singer models. After a few decades of neglect, these machines may work just fine with tinkering and adjusting. However, their fine wood cabinets may look the worse for wear.

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This project looks small and I only have an after picture, but SuperDave spent quite a lot of time helping me make over this old school desk. I believe that every room should have a unique element. Something you didn't pick up at a chain store. I know a lot of you agree and that's why you browse junk stores, yard sales and goodwill. I really wanted an old school desk and I found this one on E-bay and got it for an amazing $50. Now the most important point is that it was local so we could pick it up in person, because shipping would not be an option. The legs are solid cast iron and they weigh a lot! When we picked up this desk, the wood was painted white and the metal was looking pretty sad. SuperDave took the desk completely apart. He sanded through most of the white paint - and found a coat of black underneath. He sanded through most of the black paint and he was about to decide it would take forever to remove every little bit of black and white. Then I told him don't take it ALL off - leave a little paint here and there so it's shabby chic. SuperDave is not big on shabby chic. If he's going to do a project he wants it to be darn near perfect! And while I admire LOVE that about him, I like things a little rough around the edges sometimes. I'm not into perfection so much these days - I left that behind when I gave birth to my third child. After the third child I was no longer capable of achieving anything near perfection - so I changed my standards. If you can achieve perfection with three or more children, God Bless You. If you have two or less children - don't you dare judge anyone who has taken on the challenge of parenting three or more offspring! Just sayin'. Sorry for the side trip, back to the project. So I convinced him to leave a little paint here and there. After the sanding, we put a clear coat on the wood, added a shiny coat of black spray paint to the legs and then put it back together. My Dad made the wonderful little cedar skids for the bottom of the legs. This added some stability, but it's mostly to protect my floors from the metal feet. I LOVE the curvy lines of the metal work on my Old School Desk. I'm thinking of E-bay shopping for an ink-well to fit in that little hole. My Mother-In-Law, a retired teacher, loved our little old desk so much that she wanted one too. I found hers in an antique shop with no work needed. My hero was very happy that I purchased the second desk fully refinished. But if necessary, he would have tackled another one for me and his Mom. Much Love & Laughter, Laura So What Do You Think of That? I appreciate and read every comment. I apologize if you have to type in word verification, I've turned it off about 34 times and it keeps resetting.

You might remember Lauren’s style from her bedroom before and after; she turned a kind of boring bedroom into an exciting nautical and rustic-themed retreat. Well she’s back on a smaller scale, infusing some serious fun into an inherited desk from the in-laws. From Lauren: This past summer, I made over a roll-top desk we inherited from my in-laws…and it’s my new favorite project!

Thank you to Rust-Oleum for sponsoring this post. As always all opinions are my own. You can read my full disclosure statement here. A few months ago a neighbor posted on our neighborhood website that he was

This dated desk was transformed using the new Silk paint line in a gorgeous true black, Anchor! The newly shined hardware sets it off and wait until you see the interior!

Vintage metal desk makeover. Krylon Jade Army Tanker Desk

great tutorial on how to decoupage drawer fronts. Easy steps to get that perfect look using your paper of choice and Mod Podge.

I am hoping to get pictures from my client soon, but I just recently finished "his" desk to match hers that I have already shown you!! I am just itching to get a picture!! Hint

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Large mid-century modern desks are easy to find if you know where to look. Find one for yourself and make it into a showstopper of a piece with just paint.

I found this Tanker Desk on the side of the road and had no idea it was a little piece of American history. After some online research I discovered its story an…

This absolutely stunning Vintage Secretary Desk has been handpainted with my custom made chalk paint recipe using Sherwin Williams Arrid Sands. I then meticulously glazed this beauty using Black Antiquing Glaze. All exposed wood has been stained using General Finishes Java Gel Stain. 18k Gold Leaf has been applied to all hardware. This desk has been sealed in General Finishes High Performance Top Coat to ensure many years of lasting durability! 3rd Place Winnter - Black and White - 2017 GF Design Challenge

Makeover a vintage tanker desk to add to your home office with our tips on how to paint a metal desk for a funky office vibe.

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Rhonda has the kind of friends we all need — friends who give away beautiful solid wood desks on Facebook. Desks like the one above that have strong bones despite the visible wear and tear caused by years of hard use. Rhonda and her husband knew this desk would shine up to a become a showpiece in their home, and boy were they right!Rhonda’s husband took charge of this project, removing all of the old chipped veneer before sanding the wood smooth.

Secretary Desk Makeover w/ Duck Egg Blue & 3 Different Colored Waxes for depth and dimension! (Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan)

We found some amazing color photographs of aircraft in World War II. They were all taken in 1942 and recently released by the Library of Congress in

The design is inspired after my Dining Table that you can see HERE. I love it so much that I decided to build a desk very similar. I hit up our friend, Jamison a.k.a. Rogue

Furniture makeover using Fusion Mineral Paint on a vintage secretary.