It feels
so good when my junkin' days pay off like this one did. Do you ever have that happen to you...I mean, when you head out and score a piece that doesn't really need touched or is exactly what you needed? Double-whamo with two desks in this instance.
While out doing the city-clean up run, I was ready to make a right-handed turn on a Y-shaped intersection when I glanced to the left to check for oncoming traffic...there it was. Perfectly retro desk!!!
I peeled back around and turned on my hazard lights, since there was no side-street parking and didn't have a care in the world who I was annoying as I snatched up this cutie.
GREEN
Don't you just love the original green paint?
Or how about the perfect condition wood top?
This was perfect for my 3 girls bedroom - they had so been longing for a place to sit a write in their journals. I snatched up the chair at a garage sale for $3!
Even better was this jewel...a vintage Smith Corona electric typewriter!! GASP! It was curbside with its original case, key, ribbons, instructions, and even those little white-out tabs. God is good!
They just love pretending to be the American Girl, Kit. And well...it's just so much fun! I remind them that the blue beauty is mine, but they can borrow it for now. I'm such a good mom, eh? hahaha
NEXT FIND
On to the next goodie...
My son and I headed out for the third weekend of city-cleanup and on our first stop picked up this desk. It was complete with glass top, at least it
had a glass top. We loaded it up and leaned the glass on the side of the desk.
We also scored this mirror at the same stop which I put up front...

...not taking any chances with that beauty.
Just after we loaded up, we headed down a slightly curved street when
CRASH!!! The drawers had come out of the desk and smashed into the glass, completely busting it up. We seriously were turning at a snail's pace, but that was all it took.
You should have seen the look on our faces when it happened. I busted out laughing and said to my son, "Dada is not going to be happy about that!" Needless to say, that stopped our trip and we turned home to clean up the mess.
Word to the wise: Turn drawer side of said furniture to the outside before loading glass. Uugh.
THE REVEAL
This desk was my answer to my prayers of needing a sewing desk to replace the tiny one I sold months earlier. I couldn't find a single one anywhere that was what I needed.
I even scored this retro office chair in my neighbor's trash - totally a rubber-neck experience. Saw it and flipped my vehicle around quick. as. a. flash.
The desk is a solid piece, but had tons of deep scratches to the top. After some wood putty and sanding, it was as good as new.
I put a dark gray chalk paint top with a whitewash on the sides. Spray painted the pulls an oil-rubbed bronze, and bam! I got a sewing desk. Yipppeee for me!
I LOVE junking!!! Not only did I get these awesome desks, but I have fun and that's what it's all about. Can I get an amen?
How about you....and good treasure hunts lately?
MEWE | PINTEREST | GAB
Also, more of my curbside makeovers like these desks:
