An aqua desk

I love Craigslist.

It's pretty much my go to spot whenever we need to buy or sell something. 

I love the selection you can find on there and well...

 I'm definitely a sucker for a good deal. 

A couple months ago I scored a beautiful roll top desk for $20. 

Bam! 

Try finding that deal in a store. 

The moment I laid eyes on it I knew it was destined for greatness.

Aqua greatness that is. 

  

Isn't it pretty?

I wish I would have remembered to take a picture of it before we had taken it apart to be painted but as you can kind of see it started off a darker wood color.  

To get it ready for it's paint job 

I lightly sanded the entire desk and drawers with this sand sponge 

as well as some regular sand paper. 

It was super easy and didn't take long at all. 

Then, after I got all of the sawdust off the desk, 

came the fun part!

Painting!

And after 3 light coats of aqua goodness, 

and 6 or so cans of spray paint later 

our desk was finished! 

I love how it turned out!

The color is so bright and cheery.

When I see it I get happy. 

Oh and after I was finished painting I went back with the sandpaper and lightly sanded off a tad of the paint on the corners and edges to distress it a bit.

I figured it would be distressed soon enough whether I liked it or not so I might as well make it look intentional. 

Thanks for stopping by!

And come back next week to see another spray painting project I've been working on.