From shabby to chic! Desk transformation

Thanks to a wonderful organization (freecycle.org), we were able to pick up this well-loved desk yesterday for Kara's birthday for free! With a lot of scrubbing, some sanding, and painting, we turned it into her most favorite present ever (her words)!

Before we refinished this desk, it was black with some red coming through. Not Kara's favorite! Jeff did some light sanding to remove the bumps and blemishes from the surface and made it nice and smooth:















Next we sprayed a couple of coats of lilac paint. The color was Kara's choice, and I think getting to help paint was what made this present so much fun for her and it made it exactly what she wanted:






























The finished desk in her room: