Friday, September 27, 2013

aqua desk

Welcome to finish it up Friday!
My little sewing desk got a couple of fresh coats of aqua paint! I LOVE the color. Love the look. The hardest part was letting the paint cure for a week before using it. My sewing room sure needed the splash of happy color. (It was really hard to photograph, though, because of the backlighting from the window.) I have so much more to clean and organize in my space before I am willing to show the rest!
This is what the desk looked like before. Such an improvement, no? I'm glad that this project is finished! I really like painted furniture, but painting furniture isn't my favorite.

Paint is Behr from the Home Depot. The color is Sea Life in a satin finish. (It's really nice paint. I was impressed!)

Just a note about my last post! I had lots of questions about the cost, cutting, etc, so I added a little blurb at the end of the post and did my best to answer the questions that came up. Thanks for your comments! It's always SO fun to read them.

Now it's your turn! Do you have a finish to share? If so, please link up! Thanks for joining me for finish it up Friday!

finish it up Friday, 9/27/13

1. Michelle's Romantic Tangle  67. wombat quilts  
2. Jo's Country Junction  68. Valerie @ Evening in the Garden  
3. Mary @ SeeMaryQuilt  69. Michelle @ Squeek Crafts  
4. Heidi @ Buttons and Butterflies  70. syglad  
5. Eva-Bambi-Johansson  71. Esther @happytimesfour  
6. Pumpkin candy case tutorial  72. Wool applique wall hanging  
7. melissa @ myfabricrelish  73. Angela  
8. Mama Spark's World -September Bee Blocks  74. Anna (The Crooked Banana)  
9. sewing for halloween  75. Katherine  
10. Grace and Favour  76. Aunt Marti @ 52 Quilts  
11. Kat and cat quilts  77. Nat @ made in Home  
12. tubakk, Norway -inspired by AmandaJean  78. Two quilt tops for charity  
13. Carin @ Margarets Hope Chest  79. Diana @ Red Delicious Life  
14. Brigit @ brigitgail  80. Paper pieced star pillow  
15. Heidi @ Fabric Mutt  81. Inès @ Thready Bear  
16. Fabadashery  82. Georgi @ The shy one sews  
17. Snowcatcher  83. Christmas is on it's way!  
18. Mini Drawstring Bag from Tumbler Die  84. Gone Fishing  
19. Cristina @ The Quilted Mitten  85. Sarah from mila+cuatro  
20. Cathy Tomm AB Canada  86. Megan @ Crooked Tail Crafts  
21. Made by Rae Toddler Backpack  87. Jesica from Ushuaia - Argentina  
22. Leigh Anne @ Ella's Cottage  88. Cristina @ All The Pretty Things  
23. Modern Handcraft  89. Adrianne @ On the Windy Side  
24. Hexagon Mug Rug by Good Golly Ginger  90. QuiltnMama  
25. Stacy @ Freshly Handmade (Swim Bag)  91. Brenda@WieldingWildWISPS  
26. selvage zipper pouch  92. Green@sosewgreen  
27. Becca @bryanhousequilts  93. Caryn @ With Arms Open Wide  
28. a maiden hair fern  94. michelle @ cityhousestudio  
29. Reia @ My Patchwork Home  95. Marie @ Quilts with Personality  
30. Nancy@PugMomQuilts  96. Samantha @ Making Life Prettier  
31. Debbie  97. Maja  
32. Jade @ Stitch Mischief  98. Sally at Sally's Angelworks  
33. T-shirt Quilts  99. CJ  
34. Super Mom - No Cape!: Santa Tablerunner  100. Susan (4 projects)  
35. Jan O @ the Colorful Fabriholic  101. deborah@LittleMsSew-Unsew  
36. Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation  102. Angie in SoCal  
37. Quick Baby Girl Quilt  103. Amy @ 13spools  
38. Allison @ flip flops & quilt blocks  104. Julie @ Julie's Quilts  
39. Beth  105. Rugrat rodeos -Barbie flat-pac living  
40. Tessa @ The Sewing Chick  106. Tooth bear  
41. Ruth@cbcraftycorner  107. ForkandNeedle  
42. Brenna@Quilting in the Heartland  108. Kristin - Crew Cut Knock Off  
43. Kim@MegSueDesigns  109. Brenda@ Scraps and Strings  
44. Wedding quilt @ the amateur librarian  110. Julie @ Wannabequilter  
45. The Inside Stori/Mary Stori  111. Caroline @ Caroline's Craftiness  
46. Debbie @ A Quilter's Table  112. 3 Friday Finishes  
47. Cynthia Brunz Designs  113. Candace @ Saltwater Quilts  
48. Ruthann  114. Pauline @ QuiltnQueen  
49. Gray and Yellow Quilt  115. wish2stitch  
50. Val's Quilting Studio  116. Logan @ Chocolate Dipped Quilts  
51. Melzie @ Melzie's Monologue  117. Chase @ {1/4" mark}  
52. Deb @ asimplelife Quilts  118. A Note to Follow Sew  
53. Suzy in FL  119. finally rebound. A quilt designed by me  
54. Audrey @ Hot Pink Quilts  120. Kathie @ dipity-do-dah  
55. Belinda aka BGMom1  121. Nesta @ Ella & Nesta's Little Room  
56. Reese  122. Kim @PersimonDreams  
57. Linh @ Calling all stitchers  123. Simple Sewendipity  
58. Melissa @ Happy Quilting  124. Jeni B Quilts  
59. Sarah @ FairyFace Designs  125. Karee  
60. Izzy @ Dizzy Quilts  126. Garden Trellis @ Creatin' in the Sticks  
61. Sarah C..  127. Richard's Star  
62. Cathy L in IA  128. Color Blast Quilt  
63. Liz @ Shush giveaway  129. Embroider Rag Quilt  
64. Barbara H. Cline  130. Windows Quilt Top  
65. Yvonne @ That's Sew Creative  131. Shauna@lovinquiltin  
66. Michelle @ Renewing Mrs. Sew & Sew  132. Patricia @ Quilting Lines  

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33 comments:

Frances Meredith said...

Your shopping spree blog has been on my mind all week - so glad you took a list - it would have just been SO overwhelming!

Hilary said...

your little desk is so cute!

Stacy Olson said...

Desk looks good. Great color!

Live a Colorful Life said...

I have become such a huge fan of this color lately. At the present time I think I like it even more than orange! Your sewing desk looks really great!

Heather said...

Great color for your desk. I just bought some Annie Sloane chalk paint in the same color to paint the china cabinet in my kitchen. I have been sidelined by back surgery but seeing your desk makes me want to get painting!

Unknown said...

Love the desk! My sewing area is so industrial looking but don't want to tackle a make over until I know what I want to do! I use our guest room as my sewing room and my husband even offered to make a Murphy Bed for the room so I have more room to sew when we don't have guests. What a sweetie, eh?

Joan said...

So pretty! Love the colour!

Carolyn said...

Love the desk! Did you put a sealer on it? We're in the process of painting my daughter's furniture and weren't sure if we should.

Deb@asimplelifequilts said...

It's beautiful! I have several old pieces that I hope to paint in the next year... I have a feeling it might be addicting once I start. Love your color choice!

Terri said...

You should put your machine on an inside wall where the temperature changes won't kill your machine.
Hugs

Vicki said...

Thanks for sharing your furniture painting journey. I have a large dresser that needs paint, and I am scared! Did you use a roller or brush?

Izzy said...

I love the newly painted desk! Such a pretty colour.

Georgi said...

Gorgeous color on that desk ~ major improvement from the original! Great job!

Lorna McMahon said...

I love the new colour of your desk. It's what I would call turquoise and reminds me of vintage kitchen appliances. That was also the colour of the interior in my first car... A 1969 Mercury Comet. I named him Steve.

Annalia said...

Your desk turned out great! Love the color!

Quiltn Mama said...

What a difference a little paint makes...too cute!

Teri said...

Funny I am heading to the paint store tonight and painting some furniture pieces tomorrow. I, too, love painted furniture - maybe a little too much!

Unknown said...

Now some gorgeous fun drawer pulls/handle .....

Amanda Guthrie said...

Love the new color! And your shopping spree looks like a dream!

Alli said...

Your newly painted desk is so cuuuuute! :)

Angie in SoCal said...

LOL! I had a desk just like that one painted green. My husband cut out a rectangle to accommodate the machine and put a ledge in. I used it all the time back in the 80s.

lilyrose said...

I REALLY like your desk! It's making me want to paint mine...which is also a boring white. I will have to start thinking which color to go with...

Nicole said...

Very cute desk! Love the color!

Kim said...

Looking good!
Does the clean and organizing in the sewing room ever end?

Happy Sewing

Anonymous said...

Love the Aqua....very partial to that colour. Have fun organizing the sewing room with all your new purchases. Thank you for hosting the linky party. Marie

Glinda ♥ said...

Great colour - I love the way an ordinary looking piece of furniture is beautifully transformed by a 'bit of paint' ... thanks for sharing :)

JB said...

Excellent choice, it looks fab!

Maggie B said...

LOVE IT! The color is great. Do you have that problem where you open the door and turn on the light just so you can look at how awesome the transformation is? I know I do.

Jeanette said...

You did a wonderful job on the desk-it looks amazing!

Anonymous said...

Can't go wrong with that color! It looks good with so many others. Great job.

margaret said...

love the colour, the desk looks great, could do with one like that myself, use mine on a kitchen work top, usually standing up but do have a stool when the leg starts to ache

Tessa @ TheSewingChick said...

Oh my goodness, I love the desk! It is amazing what a coat of paint in a pretty color can do!! Enjoy!!

Terry Johnson said...

Love how your desk turned out.