Chelsea's Garage: School House Desk {Available for Sale}

July 30, 2014

School House Desk {Available for Sale}

By Cate

I walked into a thrift store last week and almost immediately locked my eyes on this little gem of a desk. It wasn't hard to miss since it was sitting right by the door plus that fun Kelly green color was practically flirting with me. When I texted a pic to Chels, her response was "Yay! Kelly green sends my heart soaring." That settled it: he was coming home with me. Admittedly this photo really doesn't do the shade justice since it's reading more forest-y green here, but trust me he's a charmer! What I didn't care for, however, was the original top: that laminate wood I can so easily remember bored classmates carving into in Freshman Geometry.

Bueller?... Bueller?... Bueller?

The fake wood was flunking the desk's overall vintage vibe so it had to go. I nixed it in favor of a freshly stained piece of real wood.

It's amazing how such a simple {and affordable} change-out can make all the difference. I'm giving your update an A+ mister.

Now that old deadbeat top can no longer hold this vintage charmer back.

And the top even pulls up for more storage! A++

{Doesn't this take you back? Who here remembers their old elementary school desk? You know... back when we had lunch boxes and pencil boxes and everything we owned seemed to have our name written on it somewhere?}

There's even a sweet little pencil tray along the front-most inside edge. A+++

{And I couldn't resist enlisting the help of the faux pull-down chart from my recent guest post. It was practically begging me to be included in a vintage school house photo shoot.}