The Progress of our thrifty home office.

 

 I have been a busy junkin these last few weeks. I finally have a list of inventory of items for our home. I just sold quite a bit of stuff on CL, so I had a little bit of fun money to go junkin with.

So this past Friday, the kids and I loaded up and went to my favorite honey hole. Really, she never disappoints. I came out with a desk, a wing back chair and a huge box along with a few other small accessories.

 

We have a design in our mind of what we want our office to look like. Adam often has clients over here for designing house plans. So we really want it to be comfortable and yet remain true to our overall decor of the rest of our home.

 

So when I found these things, I was very excited. Now on with the fun.

 

I enlisted the help of Adam's mom to help me get all these treasures home. She was happy to do so. She also volunteered to show me her knowledge of Annie Sloan techniques.

So Sunday after church we got busy with the desk.

I love the bones and lines of this desk. I believe it is Queen Anne style.

This was this color before. Same as the chair color.

 

 

And this color after.

We painted it with ASCP in French Linen. We used the soft clear wax and just a tiny bit of the dark wax. We also lightly sanded the edges.

I am so happy with the results.

 

 

I moved my green desk into the foyer and I really like it there.

Here is some of the detailing of the desk.

  This little letter holder on the right is actually a toast holder!

My Mom and I found it out junkin a couple of weeks ago.

 

I fell in love with this wing back chair. And while it is lovely in its current state. My mother in law and I are going to try to reupholster it. I have never tried it. But it will be fun.

 

This is the trunk/box that I also found there.

It was a little dirty. But I never turn down a good storage piece.

This is before..

 

 

This is the piece after I painted it with a mixture of ASCP Old White, French Linen and Duck Egg.

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