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New Life To Old Roll-Top Desk

May 29, 2013 By: Linda @ Mixed Kreations10 Comments

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vintage distressed desk

Shabby Chic Roll Top Desk

Well back to work tomorrow )-; I was really enjoyed my six weeks off. Since I wasn’t able to do anything strenuous, no vacuuming, no heavy lifting, etc. (My hubby made sure of that). So I was able to play on my computer, craft, and sit and paint till my heart was content. It was like a long vacation.

This is one of the projects that I just recently finished, a roll top desk that I picked up at a garage sale last summer for $5. I couldn’t pass it up; I have always wanted a roll top desk. The only thing wrong with it was on the bottom right side the trim was broke. That was no problem to fix.

old desk before

old roll top before

this old desk is getting a redo

Before new life

Once the trim was fixed, and the desk was cleaned up, and sanded, I used Annie Sloan antique white chalk paint. Once dry I applied a light distressing technique to give it an old, slightly worn appearance. Then I used Annie Sloan antiquing wax for protection and to give it a beautiful mellow antiquing matted finish.

vintage roll top

Old Roll Top Gets A Redo

distressed desk

Lightly distressed roll top desk

I really love how it turned out. I thought about painting it a darker color, but decided to go for the light. What do you think?

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  1. Rob says

    February 23, 2017 at 10:50 pm

    Good job. Just bought a similar desk and I wanted to know about when the desk was made. Any ideas? Thanks

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      February 25, 2017 at 6:04 pm

      Thank you Rob! I am sorry but I haven’t no idea when it was made, I picked it up at a yard sale.

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  2. Mary-the boondocks blog says

    March 20, 2017 at 10:06 am

    Linda I really love what you did with it. It looked so dated before with that dark color. I say chalk paint to the resue!

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      March 20, 2017 at 1:08 pm

      Thanks Mary! The chalk paint did wonders for the dark dated look from before. Love chalk paint 🙂

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  3. Carlene Blair says

    May 5, 2018 at 4:53 pm

    Much Much Better! Love it.

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      May 10, 2018 at 5:17 pm

      Thank you Carlene!

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  4. Reva Ramey says

    August 1, 2019 at 8:32 pm

    I’m glad I found this post. I have this exact same desk. Was ready to toss it…now, I will simply change it! Love the color scheme you chose.

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      August 12, 2019 at 2:17 pm

      Glad to have helped Reva, LOL. Thanks for stopping by!

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    • Alex says

      July 10, 2020 at 9:47 pm

      I have almost the same desk. How did you paint the actual rolling bit? Paint brush? Also I can’t seem to get the dust that settled in there…. yuck!

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      • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

        August 29, 2020 at 6:25 am

        Hi Alex! The rolling part wasn’t much fun to paint but I finally got her done. I did use a paintbrush. You can use a paintbrush to brush the dust out as well.

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