Shredded
Shredded. That's right my fingertips are raw.
I am rather proud of my revamped desk but my fingers hate me. Typing with only seven fingers is weird.
Anyhow, you may remember the Victorian desk we bought on eBay. When it arrived it had a few surprises in store, namely lots of crud in every corner and what looked like a rather attractive combination of dried bird poo and green paint underneath it. Nice.
Over two days we stripped back the desk to a bare state inside and out. Lovely virgin ash and mellow pine. Much better than the shiny yellow varnish someone had put all over it. For the geeks amongst you 180 grit sandpaper has just the right amount of coarseness to strip back a thin layer of varnish but not damage the underlying wood.
Then we replaced the old damaged wooden knobs with sparkly ones that matched our door handle, attached brass castors on the bottom of the legs so we could easily move it about (hell they are cute too) and I lined the drawers in chalk pink scented paper.
Today after the marathon strip I hand waxed and buffed. To keep the desk 'in tone' with our other bedroom furniture I chose a very dark colour Briwax (Jacobean) to stain as well as seal. It looks like black treacle. After several hours of working with it I got an insight into the world of solvent abuse.
Now the iMac has a home and I can work at a desk rather than the dining table. I feel I should be using a fountain pen and thick parchment rather than a keyboard. Oh Mr Darcy etc., etc.
Next up a project involving old milk bottles, braided flex and plugs.
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That looks lovely! I'm very glad the crud wasn't desk equivalent of atomic glue afterall.
By the way, I think your tags are brilliant! I challenge you to use "oh mr darcy not over the writing desk!" in at least 2 more posts!
Mmmm...black treacle yumminess...
I actually did a search to see if anyone else was wise enough to use the "oh mr darcy..." tag.
I hate being disappointed.
Yup.
Your dedication inspires me... and tells me not to buy stuff that needs that much hard work!!!