How We Made a Boring Desk a Little Cuter

Remember all our projects?  Well we finished our desk makeover a while back but I've been lazy about posting about it.  Remember, this desk was given to us for free by my office (they needed to get rid of it) so it might not be something we would have chosen ourselves but the price tag was right.

To refresh your memory, we started out with this:

A big boring brown box.

And now the desk looks like this:

Not a major transformation but I think it looks loads better than where we started.  We bought the handles from home depot (Martha Stewart Collection).  We thought we'd go right home and stick those handles on but the screw the handles came with were way to short to fit through the drawer.  See?

So we had to go to a hardware store and buy new screws so we could attach the handles and add a little interest to the desk.

We also bought two white chairs from Ikea (we bought two so we can add them to our dining room table if people come over for dinner and we are in a pinch) and a cute little mouse pad via Etsy.

So there you have it, not a shocking before and after but I think a vast improvement from where we started.  Now if we could just find a new apartment (a different post that's coming soon)...