A step by step refurbishment of a mid-century metal school desk. nostalgic and anxious as i watch my middle child prepare for his first year in kindergarten!

I've been given several old school desks over the years, from people whose kids had outgrown them. I often repurpose parts of them, like the antique alphabet school page sign I made from the top of another desk, but this one didn't have any parts that were easily removable, so it would get a makeover instead. All in all, it was in decent condition, but a child had scratched some words into the top of the desk, and the 'greige'

12 of the internet's best desk makeovers compiled in one spot. From antique secretaries, to peekaboo student desks, see the best of the best here.

I was out at St. Vincent DePaul last weekend looking for a chest for my neighbor's new nursery and stumbled upon this beauty... I had the exact same type of desk in Catholic grade school!

I have a wide range of things I like. I might call my style Rustic Bohemian, but then there are some vintage or modern things I like as well. Here I want to sho…

This DIY desk makeover uses a vintage school desk from the Goodwill. A fresh coat of spray paint on the legs and vinyl stripes on the top spiffs it up!

I refinished an antique school desk for a friend whose great great grandmother used it in the one room school house she taught at. My friend's grandmother store…

School desk is one commercial furniture piece to take everyone back to childhood. Evolution in education kept pace with the students’ convenience. And that’

When offered a vintage school desk as a project piece, Larissa of Prodigal Pieces takes her dad up on the offer. See it now. WOW!

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