Desk

Big transformation started with adding the legs. Personally, I am a big fan of legs. There is a great set of legs for each and every piece of legless furniture. You can find more about my fascination with legs in my blog post 'It is all about legs'. In case of this desk, there was no need for a big height: just enough to lift it of the ground. I used 2-inch wooden legs which were super easy to add.
 
Although the desk was made of solid wood, its top was very damaged, but I wanted to give it the wood-like look. In the situations like this Retique it Liquid Wood is my "go to" product. I gave it even more realistic look by creating patterns with graining tools.
 
I selected a deep navy as a lead colour for the desk: Peacoat from Country Chic. To create some contrast, I went with lighter stain colour for both desk's top and fronts of the drawers in order to make them look identical. In both cases I used a bit darker glaze on the edges.
 
Since I wanted to balance the smart / neutral look of the wood-like top / drawers with a bit more playful elements, I decorated the front of the top drawers with decoupage Cobalt Flourish from Redesign with Prima - a perfect match for the blue colour used on the sides.
I selected golden hardware to add a more refined finish.