Good Monday everyone! Hope your weekend was blessed with wonderful people, pleasant weather, and fun activities.
I have a fun finish from the weekend to share today. This piece served as a desk for us for a time, and just never really fit in after we moved. I finally decided it was time to freshen it up and let it move away...well at least I can hope it will find a new home.
The Harlequin pattern isn't something new. You can find it all over blog land and Pinterest. While this desk has a lot going for it already, this large top needed something special.
I love the effect this pattern gives on the desk top. It just says classic to me. I will say it is not exactly simple, but I found several really good tutorials and tools out there to help you figure out your measurements. I did look them over and knew they were there, and then just threw caution to the wind and winged it. Wonder where I got that from? (Mom!)
Lucky for me it mostly turned out! The desk is painted in Annie Sloan French Linen. The harlequin design was painted on with a metallic silver leaf paint. I did pretty heavily distress it because I didn't want it to be in your face silver. I wanted almost a tone on tone appearance, but with a bit of shimmer.
The desk had pretty details like these corner rosettes.
Gratuitous leg shot!
While I love the color of French Linen I thought it needed a little pop of color somewhere. I had these turquoise knobs on hand and decided they would be a perfect addition. What do you think? I also was really drooling to run to Anthropologie and pick up the Mercury glass knobs. Hmmm. I'll ponder this for a bit I think. For now, I'm happy.
Here she is ready for that laptop or iPad. The perfect size for a living room office or sofa table. She'd also be perfect in an entry hall with a gorgeous piece of art or mirror behind her and place to set the mail and drop the keys.
Boy do I love pieces that are so versatile! The sun is shining so that's a bonus and we're off to a great start to the week! Have a good one!
Deb
Linking to:
http://elizabethandco.blogspot.com/2012/02/be-inspired-features-and-link-party-8.html
http://primitiveandproper.blogspot.com/2012/02/piece-of-work-wednesday-furniture-link_28.html
http://chattychics.com/2012/02/28/need-inspiration-wild-wednesday-5/
http://missmustardseed.com/2012/03/furniture-feature-friday-a-link-party-2/
