Step-by-Step Guide, Industrial Desk Makeover

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Happy New Year’s Eve!! Today’s Monday Makeover is actually something I redid for myself. Can you believe it? I saw it for sale on Facebook Marketplace and immediately knew I wanted it for my new office space. Since my studio/office is more on the industrial side I wanted a desk to go along with that style. I loved the bones of the desk, but wasn’t crazy about the finish it had on it, so purchased it and gave it a face-lift! Now it goes perfect in my new space! See the process below:

THE PREP PROCESS:

• I removed the drawers, took off the knobs (placed them in a Ziplock bag).

• I cleaned the whole piece with Krud Kutter and shop towels

• I knew I was going to use different handles, so I went ahead and filled the holes on the drawers. I did this using wood filler and a soft putty knife. I will provide a video tutorial on this soon!

• I put 220 grit sandpaper on my random orbital sander and sanded every inch of the desk and made sure I smoothed out the wood filler I applied to the drawers too.

• I then vacuumed off all of the sanding dust, the inside of the drawers and I also vacuumed the inside of the table where each drawer sits

• I cleaned the whole piece with Krud Kutter and shop towels again.

• I did a slightly different process for the table-top since I was planning on staining it versus painting it. Since the top was pretty dinged up, I decided not to strip it, instead I put 150 grit sandpaper on my random orbital sander and sanded off the original stain so that I could stain it a different color. This helped smooth out those rough areas in the wood while also helping me prep for the new stain. I then took a 150 grit piece of sandpaper and hand-sanded the top to make sure there weren’t any “swirls” in the wood. Since this piece was made of pine, which is soft wood it can easily get swirls, so the hand-sanding is imperative after using the orbital sander. When I was done sanding, I vacuumed of the top and then cleaned it really well with Mineral Spirits.

• Once the prep process was complete, I waited 24 hours to make sure any of the chemical products I used had ample time to dry. Then I applied my paint…

THE PAINTING PROCESS:

• I applied 3 coats of General Finishes Lamp Black to the body of the desk using my Zibra 2” Palm Pro

• I vacuumed the sanding dust

• On the body of the desk, I applied 3 coats of General Finishes High Performance Top Coat in Flat with my Zibra Chisled Wedge.

• I stained the top of the desk with a light coat of Weathered Stain by Old Barn Milk Paint to help get rid of any orange that still may be coming through the wood.

• On the top of the desk I added 4 coats of High Performance Top Coat in Flat by General Finishes, letting each coat dry really well in-between. I applied 4 coats because I knew the top would be getting a lot of use.

Once everything was nice and dry, I put everything back together and my husband added and re-positioned the new handles for me. The industrial knobs are from Wayfair.

Thank you SO much for tuning in this week for #MondayMakeoversWithFallon. If you want to save this blog post so you can refer back to it, make sure you pin it to your Pinterest page and/or feel free to share it elsewhere. I look forward being with you next Monday and don’t forget to tune in tomorrow for my educating video tutorial/tip for #TuesdayTipsWithFallon!!

*Please note, this post does contain affiliate links.

Did you know I have an eBook plus three different staging and styling guides that help you stage your furniture!? Between all three guides you receive over 500 different ways to style and stage different pieces of furniture. Yes, 500!! They are not just for the furniture artist either. Maybe you are planning on selling your home and need help staging your furniture so it doesn’t look cluttered or maybe you just have no clue how to style the furniture that you currently have and you want it to look nice?! No worries! These are for you!! Between all three guides and my second edition eBook you get over 200 pages of information! You do not have to worry about staging and styling your furniture ever again!!Here is the link to my eBook, Your Virtual Storefront. The Complete Guide to Staging Painted Furniture. It jammed packed information that will help you take your staging to the next level! I also have three separate staging and styling guides that help you stage specific pieces of furniture.

Here is a breakdown of my eBook and Guides:

*Your Virtual Storefront. The Complete Guide to Staging Your Painted Furniture. 2nd EDITION: Everything you need to know to help you stage your furniture from, photography, the photo editing process, lighting, staging areas/locations, information about logo/watermarks…just to name a handful of the topics.

*The Bedroom Furniture Guide: Staging and Styling Chest of Drawers, Dressers, Nightstands, Wardrobes, Blanket Chests, Vanities, Beds and Bedroom Sets)

*The Dining Room Furniture Guide: Staging and Styling Buffets/Sideboards, China Hutches, Glass Front China Cabinets and Tables & Chairs

*The Everyday Living Furniture Guide: Staging and Styling Desks, Multi-Purpose Pieces, Sofa Tables, TV Stands, Side Tables, Coffee Tables, Benches and Bookshelves

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Make sure you check out my other #MondayMakeoversWithFallon tutorials below!

Step-by-Step Guide, Modern-Farmhouse Hutch Makeover

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This pine hutch had great bones it just needed a face lift! Read below to see the process I took to make this hutch the perfect modern-farmhouse piece.

I always like to state up front that I am going to include some affiliate links throughout my posts/blog. I hope that you will use my links so that I can continue to provide you will my knowledge at no cost to you!! Yes, this momma has to put food on the table, but I sincerely want to provide you with as much great information as possible because I really do think it will be of value to you!! So helping me in this area will help both of us!! Thank you in advance for this!

THE PREP PROCESS:

• I removed the drawers, took off the knobs (placed them in a Ziplock bag), took out the spindles in the center and removed the top hutch from the bottom table because it was two separate pieces

• The piece was already super clean so I put 220 grit sandpaper on my random orbital sander and sanded every inch of it

• I then vacuumed off all of the sanding dust, the inside of the drawers and I also vacuumed the inside of the table where each drawer sits

• I cleaned the whole piece with Krud Kutter and shop towels

• I did a slightly different process for the table-top since I was planning on staining it versus painting it. Since this piece was made of pine, which is a soft wood, I decided not to strip it, instead I put 150 grit sandpaper on my random orbital sander and sanded off the original stain so that I could stain it a different color. I then took a 150 grit piece of sandpaper and hand-sanded the top to make sure there weren’t any “swirles” in the wood. When I was done sanding, I vacuumed of the top and then cleaned it really well with Mineral Spirits

• Once the prep process was complete, I waited 24 hours to make sure the chemical products I used had ample time to dry.

THE PAINTING PROCESS: Pine tends to have knots so I knew there was a good chance they would bleed through if I didn’t seal them really well before adding my paint color, especially since I was going to be applying antique white. In fact, if you look at the before picture of this piece, you can actually see where one of the knots bled through the manufacturer’s finish. It’s located on the front left leg about half way down. You can also visible see knots on the top molding, so I wanted to make sure I covered those up realllllllly well. How did I do this?!

• Shellac! I went ahead and used white-tinted Shellac since I was doing a similar color on the piece. I applied 3 coats.

• Once the Shellac was dry, I lightly hand sanded the piece with 22o grit sandpaper, dusted the piece off and a ran a tack cloth across it to make sure the piece was nice and smooth.

• I applied 3 coats General Finishes Antique White using my Zibra 2” Palm Pro

• I waited approximately 24 hours and then lightly hand sanded the edges with 220 grit sandpaper.

• I vacuumed the sanding dust

• I applied 3 coats of General Finishes High Performance Top Coat in Flat with my Zibra Chisled Wedge.

• For the top of the table, I applied oil-based wood conditioner then applied my Java colored General Finishes Gel Stain. Once the Gel Stain was dry I added 3 coats of Arm-R-Seal (Satin) by General Finishes, letting each coat dry really well in-between.

Once everything was nice and dry, I put everything back together, lined the drawers with cute paper and added new oil-rubbed bronze knobs from D Lawless Hardware. They have great options on hardware and are pocket friendly, so make sure you check them out.

Thank you SO much for tuning in this week for #MondayMakeoversWithFallon. If you want to save this blog post so you can refer back to it, make sure you pin it to your Pinterest page and/or feel free to share it elsewhere. I look forward being with you next Monday and don’t forget to tune in tomorrow for my educating and inspiring #TuesdayTipsWithFallon!!

*Please note, this post does contain affiliate links.

Did you know I have an eBook plus three different staging and styling guides that help you stage your furniture!? Between all three guides you receive over 500 different ways to style and stage different pieces of furniture. Yes, 500!! They are not just for the furniture artist either. Maybe you are planning on selling your home and need help staging your furniture so it doesn’t look cluttered or maybe you just have no clue how to style the furniture that you currently have and you want it to look nice?! No worries! These are for you!! Between all three guides and my second edition eBook you get over 200 pages of information! You do not have to worry about staging and styling your furniture ever again!!Here is the link to my eBook, Your Virtual Storefront. The Complete Guide to Staging Painted Furniture. It jammed packed information that will help you take your staging to the next level! I also have three separate staging and styling guides that help you stage specific pieces of furniture.

Here is a breakdown of my eBook and Guides:

*Your Virtual Storefront. The Complete Guide to Staging Your Painted Furniture. 2nd EDITION: Everything you need to know to help you stage your furniture from, photography, the photo editing process, lighting, staging areas/locations, information about logo/watermarks…just to name a handful of the topics.

*The Bedroom Furniture Guide: Staging and Styling Chest of Drawers, Dressers, Nightstands, Wardrobes, Blanket Chests, Vanities, Beds and Bedroom Sets)

*The Dining Room Furniture Guide: Staging and Styling Buffets/Sideboards, China Hutches, Glass Front China Cabinets and Tables & Chairs

*The Everyday Living Furniture Guide: Staging and Styling Desks, Multi-Purpose Pieces, Sofa Tables, TV Stands, Side Tables, Coffee Tables, Benches and Bookshelves

I appreciate you stopping by!!

Make sure you check out my other #MondayMakeover tutorials below with FREE step-by-step guides!

Step-by-Step Guide, Antique China Cabinet Makeover!

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Welcome to #MondayMakeoversWithFallon!! I am so excited to get this going and look forward to providing you with great information while hopefully inspiring you along the way! Every piece of furniture is different, so most of the time the prep, painting and/or sealing process will be different. With that being said, make sure you take a look each Monday so you can learn and understand why I have taken different steps for each piece. I am self-taught, therefore I have spent countless hours and money experimenting over the years to figure out what works well and what doesn’t. That does not even include the long hours I have spent reading articles, information pamphlets and DIY books….and yes, this was before social media really took off, so I really had to learn the hard way. Lucky for you though, you don’t have to do that! You can tune in each week and learn something new without having to do all the things I did to get to where I am today!

Just so you know up front, I am going to include some affiliate links throughout my posts/blog. I hope that you will use my links so that I can continue to provide you with my knowledge at no cost to you!! Yes, this Momma has to put food on the table, but I sincerely want to provide you with as much great information as possible because I really do think it will be of value to you. So helping me in this area will help both of us!! Thank you in advance for this!

Alright, let’s get down to business! This black china cabinet is fresh in everyone’s mind since I shared it a little over a week ago, so I thought it would be a great way to kick off #MondayMakeoversWithFallon .  To the untrained eye this piece looks like it just needs to be lightly sanded and then you can start painting, but from a professionals point of view, “just a little sanding” is never good enough in my book. I want to do the best I can and know that I am giving my client’s the best refinished piece possible and I want the same for you! Here is the process I took for this specific piece:

THE PREP PROCESS:

• I removed all of the hardware and placed it in a Ziplock bag so I wouldn’t lose any pieces

• Removed drawer and inner shelves

• Cleaned the entire piece with Mineral Spirits and a soft scrubbing sponge

• Once the piece was completely dry, I sanded the outside and inside (any area that I was planning on painting) with 220 grit sandpaper. Since this piece was covered with veneer, I did not want to go any lower on my sandpaper grit. The veneer was in great shape and I did not want to take any chances and accidentally cause any scratches or imperfections with a low-grit sandpaper.

• Vacuumed every inch possible (inside-and-out)

• I then wiped down the entire piece with shop towels and Pre-Paint Krud Kutter

• That was just the top of the piece, now onto the legs! I used 120 sandpaper and hand sanded the two front legs. I sanded-and-sanded until the legs were raw.

• Once all of the stain was removed I cleaned up the legs with the Krud Kutter I mentioned above and wiped them down really well

• FYI: I would typically remove the glass before I start the prep work, but I could not remove this particular glass without tearing out all of the glue and nails, so I decided to work around it this time.

THE PAINTING PROCESS: I wanted to be 100% sure that none of the cleaning products I used were still active, so I waited 24 hours to make sure the chemicals had time to evaporate and dry really well before I applied my first coat of paint.

• I used my Zibra Paint 2” Palm Pro and painted 3 coats of General Finishes Lamp Black on the entire piece

• The next day I distressed the edges with 220-grit sandpaper

• I then vacuumed the lose sanding dust and made sure the piece was completely dust free

• Next, I sealed the piece with Hemp Oil and buffed it with shop towels to give it a smooth shine

• I stained the two front legs with Nutmeg Gel Stain by General Finishes. I did one light coat of the gel stain, then sanded it down a little bit to go along with the distressed edges on the top of the piece

THE HARDWARE: The hinges were in nice shape so I kept them as-is. I changed out the pulls on the drawer with new ones from Hobby Lobby. The new pulls were two separate pieces. One was a textured glass knob and the other was a brown metal knob with a back plate. I could not find the exact brown metal knob that I used on Hobby Lobby’s website, but here are some other ones in case you want to try and find something that looks similar. Here is the textured glass knob that I used.

• I removed the brown metal knob and replaced it with the textured glass knob to give the hardware a “wow” factor

• I didn’t want the back plate to look like heavy brown metal since the glass is so delicate and shiny, so I sanded it down little bit with 220 grit sandpaper

• I then brushed on some of the General Finishes Gel Stain that I used on the legs so it would blend nicely

• Once the stain was dry, I highlighted some of the raised areas with a touch of gold to give it some depth and tie the whole piece together

Again, thank you SO much for tuning in this week for my first #MondayMakeoversWithFallon. If you want to save this blog post, make sure you pin it to your Pinterest page and/or feel free to share it elsewhere. I look forward being with you each Monday and don’t forget to tune in each Tuesday for my educating and inspiring #TuesdayTipsWithFallon!!

*Please note, this post does contain affiliate links.

Did you know I have an eBook plus three different staging and styling guides that help you stage your furniture!? Between all three guides you receive over 500 different ways to style and stage different pieces of furniture. Yes, 500!! They are not just for the furniture artist either. Maybe you are planning on selling your home and need help staging your furniture so it doesn’t look cluttered or maybe you just have no clue how to style the furniture that you currently have and you want it to look nice?! No worries! These are for you!! Between all three guides and my second edition eBook you get over 200 pages of information! You do not have to worry about staging and styling your furniture ever again!!Here is the link to my eBook, Your Virtual Storefront. The Complete Guide to Staging Painted Furniture. It jammed packed information that will help you take your staging to the next level! I also have three separate staging and styling guides that help you stage specific pieces of furniture.

Here is a breakdown of my eBook and Guides:

*Your Virtual Storefront. The Complete Guide to Staging Your Painted Furniture. 2nd EDITION: Everything you need to know to help you stage your furniture from, photography, the photo editing process, lighting, staging areas/locations, information about logo/watermarks…just to name a handful of the topics.

*The Bedroom Furniture Guide: Staging and Styling Chest of Drawers, Dressers, Nightstands, Wardrobes, Blanket Chests, Vanities, Beds and Bedroom Sets)

*The Dining Room Furniture Guide: Staging and Styling Buffets/Sideboards, China Hutches, Glass Front China Cabinets and Tables & Chairs

*The Everyday Living Furniture Guide: Staging and Styling Desks, Multi-Purpose Pieces, Sofa Tables, TV Stands, Side Tables, Coffee Tables, Benches and Bookshelves

I appreciate you stopping by!

Make sure you check out my other #MondayMakeoversWithFallon tutorials below!