Thursday, October 25, 2012

My Desk


I found this antique desk 2 summers ago, it matches my antique dresser and nightstand perfectly. It was in very rough shape when I found it, one drawer was missing and all of the remaining drawers were broken. My dresser was missing a handle, so I got rid of the 2 drawers on the left hand side, using one of the handles on my dresser. So now I only had 2 handles left and potentially 4 drawers that would need them. I decided to have a door put on where the 3 drawers on the left had been and have the remaining drawer replaced with a new one, thus only needing 2 handles. Perfect. So it was sent to a wood shop (one that I used to work in, fun fact) to have the door and drawer made. But when I got the desk back it had 2 doors! I am all about the matching handle ordeal, and having 2 doors now required me to have 3. This was a serious crisis for me. After my mom told me I was overreacting with the whole "crisis", I decided that 2 knobs will be put on the doors (well the desk came back from the shop with knobs on the doors and a handle on the drawer, they matched each other but not the rest of my furniture which was a big part of the reason I threw a fit) and 1 of the handles will go on the drawer and the other handle will be kept in case of an emergency. I have decided to ask people on Facebook to vote on a photo of the 2 knob options with the handle. Whichever one people think matches better, I will purchase. All that's left to do is to paint and to replace the handles. One day this beauty will be complete and I will be a happy woman.