My Secretary Desk and Planter Stand
When I found chalk paint and what could be done with it, my first thoughts were to my little secretary desk that I bought many, many years ago and have always wanted to restore it. But… it had so many coats of shellac or lacquer that stripping was something I never seemed to have time to do, having stripped our oak table and chairs many years ago.
So after finding a recipe at CrystelleBoutique here that I liked the sound of and had the ‘secret ingredient’ in my pantry I was off to our shed to find some matte or low sheen white paint. I always wanted the desk to be white.
I did get some sample pots of paint in colours that I wanted to try on other things. And…I was away!!
My small secretary desk that needed a restore without lots of stripping so chalk paint was the way to goI mixed the ‘chalk-aka secret ingredient’ and I forgot to take a photo of the before desk until after I had taken the ‘drop-down’ leaf off. So here is the first photo I took.
Someone a long time ago had added the shelf and painted both a pale grey.
I was very pleased how the first coat of paint went on and even more so with the second. This is all I did, the two coats.
To buff the desk and protect it I used beeswax that I already had and used a very soft lint free cloth, all cotton and well washed.
I have always loved white and blue and this blue is such a beautiful shade so I set about changing some of my bric-a-brac. I used the ‘secret-ingredient’ chalk paint on the wooden lacquered candle holders, the small pottery pieces and the print frames. The three little pottery pieces were all different finishes, one was matte, one very highly glazed and one a type of rough texture.
I didn’t take a photo of the before pottery pieces but I did with the candle holders and the frames
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I also painted a small planter stand that has been forever in our home too.
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The plan I had for these pieces was for my entry and I’m very happy with how it turned out.
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