I loved our little desk in the kitchen.
I loved the little desk after I painted it white.
For some reason, I just wasn't wild about the desk in the kitchen after it was white.
It didn't make sense to me but I had a plan.
I originally planned to swap the pie safe from the laundry room and the kitchen desk.
The desk could go in the laundry room and I could use it as a sewing table.
The pie safe could go in the kitchen. (I liked the pie safe in the laundry room but it was a bit big.)
I measured the height of the pie safe but I forgot to measure the width of the desk.
Rebekah and I moved the pie safe into place and then realized that the desk wouldn't fit.
I loved the pie safe in the kitchen so there was no way the desk was going back into that spot.
I decided that the drop leaf table from Aunt Louine could be given away and in it's place we could put the desk.
Please don't cry any tears about us giving away the drop leaf table. I realize that it was probably almost 100 years old and it could actually be called antique but it was dysfunctional. I felt so sorry for the kid who always had to straddle the side when we used this as a kitchen table.
Please don't cry any tears about us giving away the drop leaf table. I realize that it was probably almost 100 years old and it could actually be called antique but it was dysfunctional. I felt so sorry for the kid who always had to straddle the side when we used this as a kitchen table.
That child (the baby) probably needs years of counseling to get over the fact that his parents would not invest in a table that we could all fit around.
Oh my gosh!
(light bulb moment)
Maybe that is why Jonnie told his Jr. High teacher that he was a mistake.
(He confused accident with mistake. Whoops.)
ANYWAY, his teacher thought we were horrible people for telling our child he was a mistake, something we would never have done, but we did mention that he wasn't planned when he was old enough to understand.
:/
Oops!
Oops!
Okay back to the desk.
Love, love, love.
White desk under white shelf.
I left the shelf the same as it was for Christmas. I added the darling tin chalkboard. Bill and Bekah found it at Target. It was my favorite thing in my Christmas stocking.
I left the shelf the same as it was for Christmas. I added the darling tin chalkboard. Bill and Bekah found it at Target. It was my favorite thing in my Christmas stocking.
Why didn't I think of this before?
The curvy lines of the desk mimic the lines of the shelf.
The curvy lines of the desk mimic the lines of the shelf.
Ay, yi, yi!
I've spent angsty years looking for a perfect match for that shelf.
Happy Accident.
Jonnie is one too.
:)
Have a lovely day,
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