Child's Desk Makeover

Instructions

1. I started by painting all of the metal pieces of the desk with a spray paint to refresh the metal.

2. Next I painted the top of the desk with several coats of the Chalkboard Paint, letting each coat dry fully in between. Once it cured for a few days I conditioned the paint by rubbing chalk all over it and wiping it off with a cloth.

3. Then I made laser copies of my chosen scrapbook paper. Because mine had words I had the copies mirrored.

4. I measured the area I was going to put my papers and then cut them down to size.

5. Next I applied the photo transfer medium in an even coat to the front of my images and then applied them to my desk.

6. I smoothed down the paper with a scraper tool to make sure it was evenly applied to my surface and wiped away any excess medium.

7. Then I let everything dry for twenty four hours.

8. The following day I used a damp sponge to wet the paper, then waited 2 minutes and carefully used my sponge to rub the paper off of my image. I repeated for each image I applied.

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9. I let everything dry again and then used sandpaper to distress some of the edges and sections of my transfer (I didn't want it to look too new).

10. Finally I used some watered down brown paint to apply a wash of color to certain areas for an even more aged look.