So many of can tell by the furniture that I transform I don’t do a lot of “fluffy” projects but I’ve had the decoupage map desk project in my head for a while so for the Rough Luxe Marketplace opening I finally did it!  I’ve had this stuck in my head for a while and then I saw Cassie from Primitive & Proper do it on a side table at the barn (P.S. Cassie now owns the barn with some partners and it’s called Sweet Clover, go check it out this weekend!).

So I started with something like this (of course I didn’t take a before pic!).

Then I painted the entire desk in Aubusson Blue Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan. The next steps were as follows…

1. Apply modge podge all over the top of the desk

2. Let is get tacky for about 25 minutes

3. I took an old atlas book and ripped out pages and randomly placed them on the top.  Once you place them down you cannot remove them 🙂

4. I then put some modge podge on top to make sure all the edges were down and sticking to the top.  I let this sit over night.

5. The next day I applied General Finished High Performance poly (we sell this in the shop) I applied 2 coats thoughout the day and then sanded a little between coats.

6. Finally I distressd and applied the same poly all over the base of the desk too.  Yes I said POLY over Chalk Paint®.  You can do this …. I will admit it’s not my preferred way to do furniture but it was perfect for this desk!

You will see I left some of the edges torn to add a little character.

Here she is…come and see her at the Rough Luxe Marketplace this weekend in Falls Church details on the website.