The desk . . . personalized.

I went out on a limb on this one.  I wish I had a "before" picture of the desk, but I forgot to take one.  But it was just a plain, white, six-drawer desk that we actually rescued from the curb.  For years it's been a great place to sew - plenty of drawers for sewing supplies and the perfect height.  But I have a different sewing table now and so the desk is going in one of the guest rooms.  You can see the first part of this project here.

So.  

Here's how it looked with the Graphics Fairy frame traced on and my French sentence in the middle saying, 

"Welcome to our Lovely Guest".

And, here it is painted on.  

But it looked too new.   

Too crisp.

The edges were too sharp.

So I scuffed it up a bit - the whole desk - and put on a coat of wax.  The drawers are painted a color called Moth Gray by Behr.  I used a dark wax, so it changed the color quite a bit.  

 This is a stretch for me and I'm going
 to have to live with it a bit to be sure . . .

 I would welcome any suggestions, opinions, or constructive criticism.

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