Table turned desk

Seven years ago we were a family of three, crammed in a second story, two bedroom apartment. We didn't have a dining room we had a nook of sorts. That year my dad bought me a dining room table for my birthday. It was a round table, one of those with the sides that fold down. It was perfect for Tall Man, myself and our then one year old. It didn't take long and we had out grown our round table and four chairs. We had to get a larger table to fit our growing family. So out to the storage went our little table...until recently.
I've seen writing desks like this from Pottery Barn for $599. Just a little out of my price range.


So I wasn't about to fork over all that money plus shipping when I had a perfectly good table sitting in my garage. With a little help from.. you guessed it, my Tall Man.. we removed the fold down sides of our round table, leaving us with this. (I call the rounded ends "detail")

I didn't bother sanding this table, looking back I should have taken some wood filler and filled the little grooves where my girlies left their mark, then lightly sanded and primed. Instead I went straight to priming with Zinsser and a foam roller, the detail on the legs was done with a foam brush. After letting the primer dry and cure I started painting with Olympic's Star Anise in egg shell. I ended up putting three thin coats of paint to get smooth coverage over that white primer. I let my paint dry for about 36 hours and brushed on two coats of polycrylic to get that finished shine. And here's the finished product.

Blessings.

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