We've had a spate of shabby chic desks of late. But here we were asked to do just a paint job for a desk job. This particular desk was certainly looking a bit tired before its paint job makeover. But there was no overlooking the fact that the desk had potential. Some

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We've come across a new fashion this year. The fashion for two-tone shabby-chic painted furniture. And it's a distinct trend right now. It typically involves the top working surface of a piece of furniture being left raw, without paint. With the rest of the piece of furniture painted and "shabbied" as

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It happens to every piece of furniture eventually. That time when it no longer looks comfortable in a newly re-decorated home. That was certainly the case for this piece of office furniture—a classic drop-down desk. Other desks often have unhappier outcomes as they are carted off somewhere unpleasant. This desk

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Colours appear to be back in shabby chic fashion this year. We are certainly painting in colours that we didn't use last year…proof indeed that it's a fashion thing. Yes, the creams and the whites remain popular, but so too are greens, blues and beiges. So it was good to

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This music manuscript cabinet was an unlikely choice for a shabby chic paint treatment makeover. But it certainly proved a winner. Its previous identity was a dark brown varnish set off with blackened brass handles. Its decoration was minimal, comprising lines near the base of each leg. It did its

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Just occasionally we are asked to work on a piece of furniture that carries a bit of tenuous history to it. This sturdy desk was once at home in a school. Beyond that, is anyone's guess. The desk certainly wasn't much of a looker when it was acquired with the

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