Uggg. Ugly Desk. And Countertop paint!

This thing was bad.  I mean, for Jackson Resale Factory to only put a $9 sticker on it.... well it was baaaaad.  You can't see all the nastiness.  I should have gotten a close up.  There was this nasty half decaying cork board on the back (which I yanked off, since it was only hanging on by two of the six screws), sticky gunk all over where I pulled tons of duct tape off (why someone went holding things together that didn't need to be held together on this desk, I'M NOT SURE!), and carvings everywhere.  I left most of the carvings for good measure.  Number one, I couldn't find my wood filler to fill them, and two, they might have sentimental value to someone out there.  Just kidding... I was lazy.

Not sure what the top was.  Some kind of brown slate.  I painted it gray, coating it with lots of Wil Bond first.  Wil Bond was more like Won't Bond.  Cuz it didn't bond!!  It peeled right up.  Then that countertop paint I said I found for $5 a few days ago in a thrift store?  Well, I used it.  Yessirree bob.  That should do the trick!  Only it's brown, not gray like I wanted.  Buttttt... can't have it your way all the time.  Well, not without spending some money!  And I don't do that.  Not very easily anyway.  Unless I'm buying more junk treasures.

My already gray stripes had to get redone with the brown paint. 

I used a stencil for the bottom to add a little bit of interest to an otherwise quiet, unpretentious piece.  It seemed to cry for something, so that's what it got. It's not the right thing for my space, but I hope it's just the right thing for someone's space.  It even has a light, hence the black cord hanging down!