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Revamping cheap JYSK commodde to lovely desktop
After redoing my room and placing it with lovely gray – cream furniture I didn't have enough space left for a regular writing-table so I decided to do it myself...

Posted by Lesti M. from Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania • Published See Lesti M.'s 28 projects »
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  • How to make a drawer. Ugly Commode To Perfect Desktop - Step 1
    Step 1

    I bought a cheep JYSK (shop similar to IKEA) commode and started working on it :)

  • How to make a drawer. Ugly Commode To Perfect Desktop - Step 2
    Step 2

    First I sanded it whit my trusted machine...

  • How to make a drawer. Ugly Commode To Perfect Desktop - Step 3
    Step 3

    ... but not too deep because it is not real wood and if you go to deep you will end up with surface which is not really suitable for painting.

  • How to make a drawer. Ugly Commode To Perfect Desktop - Step 4
    Step 4

    I took picture I liked (and which was easy) and remade it into black and white one.

  • How to make a drawer. Ugly Commode To Perfect Desktop - Step 5
    Step 5

    Then I painted it gray (used a roller to get a little bit of tecture) and put on my little b/w graphic. First I tried to do it the simple way and use stencil technique but I suck at it, so I had to redo it all with a pencil, ruler and thin paintbrush (took me 12 hours!!!).

    * You can see, that it is nor really finished, because there are some details to perfect I can't get tabletop which is the right length, but I hoping to get it soon :)

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Karlei
Karlei · Dallas, Texas, US · 3 projects
this is so pretty!
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Lesti M.
Lesti M. · Vilnius, Vilnius County, LT · 28 projects
Happy
but if you are good with stencil, it would take you 30 minutes to get the same effect Happy
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Sokje
Sokje · Almere, Flevoland, NL · 8 projects
I love the graphic =D
Even worth 12 hours of work.
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