Weekend Project: My office desk

I spent my weekend like most 23-year-olds: painting my desk and picking out new drawer knobs. Ok, so not what most folks my age are doing... but still. I had fun. My home office is an ongoing project seeing as I spend far too much time here. In a way it's like your cubicle. Only 1000 times better seeing as I have windows and two adorable puppies at my feet. :) Ok, I'm done bragging.

Anyway, here is a before/after shot of my desk. It's from IKEA and extremely affordable. Mine was even cheaper as I bought it used on CraigsList. Not going to lie, this is the first time I painted furniture. I even used the tutorial from one of my favorite blogs available here. I gave it a light sanding, used an oil-based primer, and painted two coats of Benjamin Moore's latex paint in Super White. I love it.

My Desk: Before/After

In addition, I gave my Target book shelves an update with these fab knobs from Anthropologie. They match the teal color theme I have going with my lamp, Alicia Bock print, Domino book, and new magazine file labels.

Next on the to-do list is paint the walls. I'm thinking grey. Anyone surprised? I didn't think so.