Argyle desk

This little desk was a fun piece.  I wanted to try painting an argyle pattern on the drawers....

 We bought both pieces from an online auction so they weren't originally a set.  But I wanted to paint both of them anyways...

 I wasn't going to sand the chair but I decided just to rub it lightly with some 220 grit sand paper since  I had to fill a little missing piece on the back with some wood filler...

 You can see my new dining room set lurking in the background and I used the "Gekko" color on those chairs so I decided to use it as part of my argyle pattern...

 Two different shades of grey for the main diamond pattern....

 I'm sure there is a great way to lay that all out mathematically using a yard stick :)  I however am totally challenged in that area so I made a diamond template and traced it out the way I wanted....

 I don't have photos of that step.  This was going on the same week-end as my kiddos birthday party so I had more important things on my mind!

 The chair has the "Gekko" color underneath the white.  I used a piece of drop cloth fabric and painted the ticking with acrylic paints.  Both pieces were finished with a coat of wax...

She turned out pretty girly!  The hardware is so beautiful.  And made a big difference.  If I did this again I'd probably distress the drawers before painting the argyle and then go back and distress that separately.  But overall I got the look I was going for.....the argyle was fun!
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