Natalie's Desk and Chair

Every time I get a new project from a client I get nervous. Furniture can have a mind of its own and being sure I can create what the client imagines is nerve-racking. When my sweet friend over at Topsy Turvy Print Shop asked me to create a desk/command center for her business I got the excited butterflies in my stomach and immediately started to bite my fingernails. She told me she wanted a writing desk. Something small for the space and she loves a little quirk. Okay. I started my search. Sent her some options and she picked this one.

I found it at an... interesting.... place in another town while on a trip. I have decided the most 'interesting' places are where the best deals are. Just need to be brave enough to go there!  And then of course she needed a chair. The rookie mistake I made here was not realizing that since it was a petite desk, not every chair would fit under it. This chair I found at Goodwill for $8 and it was half an inch too big. She loved my idea for it and decided it would be okay if it stuck out a bit. I told her that this could be her temporary chair until we find another one. Pretty sure she thinks I was kidding. I wasn't!

I painted her desk drawers with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Provence and the body of the desk is Old White. I distressed it a bit at her request, but once I was done, we decided it needed more. So we added some dark wax. I started the process on the right side of the picture below. 

Finished with the dark wax. 

I painted the chair with Provence as well and we picked two different fabrics for the chair. Since this is going to be her command center, I decided she needed a comfortable spot to sit so I added a back pad too. The chair had her quirk she requested. 

And then she added some fun hardware. Owl knobs and iron pulls. The set is incomplete. Just waiting on another shipment :) She was happy with the set and I was too. But I think I will always have the butterflies when starting a new project just in case!!