Purple is For Boys Too.....

Our entire bedroom has been designed around THESE curtains.



Naturally, when I needed a nice dark color for Jamie's dresser, I chose purple. Not the greens or the orange, no! I picked the purple.

I'm really pleased with how masculine and rich the purple is.....I think it's a perfect compliment to the beer books and iron and leather that usually fall upon it's surface........thankfully, Jamie likes it too.

{No before pics this week. Boo! Jamie forgot to take them. Don't worry, I gave him a piece of my mind.}

Next week, DIY Mercury Glass Lamps!

The Secretary Desk.

"A secretary desk is made of a base of wide drawers topped by a desk with a hinged desktop surface, which is in turn topped by a bookcase usually closed with a pair of doors, often made of glass. The whole is usually a single, tall and heavy piece of furniture, not meant to be disassembled after manufacture, no matter what problems might be incurred in moving it from place to place.

The main work surface is a hinged piece of wood which lifts up to a vertical position and is tilted to an angle of about 45 degrees or so towards the bulk of the desk in order to enclose secondary work surfaces such as small shelves, small drawers and nooks stacked in front of the user."





I thought this was a secretary desk when I bought it but there's, obviously, no bookshelf?
So, I did some research.......and found out it's actually a slant top desk.

The Lesson?
A Slant Top Desk = A Secretary Desk - The Massive Bookshelf on Top

I stand corrected....

Either way, it was a mess.
Here it is: Painted New and Improved!