Let me explain. Remember Juanita? Well, it took some time to find her. And one mistake. I saw this beast
on KSL, called right away and was astounded that it was STILL AVAILABLE. I told the man over the phone, sold! We will come pick it up tomorrow (after some bartering on my part. What? I am my grandma's kin, after all. She never paid full price for anything, I don't think.) SO... the next day Randy and I took off to Salt Lake to pick up this desk that I thought was perfect for a computer desk. I was going to paint it olive! And antique it! And love it! And get compliments on it! ....... then we get to the house and saw it. It was TINY. Like, child desk. No way Randy could even get his knees under that thing. Since we had driven all that way and I had given the guy an enthusiastic verbal "WE'LL TAKE IT!" the night before, I couldn't just not take it. After loading it up and having a very quiet awkward drive home, Randy finally looked over at me and said, "you're grounded from KSL." HA! ;) This poor thing just took up space in our garage until I found Juanita a couple of months later. Then they both just took up space in our garage. After I finished Juanita, and after some serious pressure from Randy to get that thing out of the garage... I finally decided to finish it and put it in Macey's room. She is in serious school mode right now. She spends literally hours a day coloring and doing her 'homework'. This would be perfect for her!
Turns out, I was right. It is perfect for her, and she loves it. When I got out the pink paint I think she ruptured my eardrum with her squeal of delight. And when it was finally dry and ready to be put in its rightful place... I didn't see her for days. She was busy filling up the drawers with her trinkets and of course the coloring! Anyway, when we put it in her room I asked what we should name it. After thinking for a while she wistfully said, "just... Beautiful Princess." So, Beautiful Princess it is. :)
Her tools of choice
Look at the knobs on that thing!
Pervert.
I was talking about how I antiqued them.
7 comments:
I love it!
Love It! It is sooo cute! The bottom of the legs look like a crown... the name totally fits!!! Ashley wants to redo her room in black and pink!!! If she sees that you'll have to come do one for her!!! You have a knack!!!
Love it! Well done! And I love that Macy loves it too and the name fits!
Looks even better in person. Macey is a lucky girl!
It looks amazing! Well done crafty momma, I'm totally impressed!
You are so funny! The desk looks cute. I hate how you never know what you are about to pick up with you get things off Craigslist. I had to ground myself from it.
I LOVE that desk! It has so much character! You should start a business....and then give me a great deal!!!
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