Helping a Poor Old Lady

The Boy helped an old lady this weekend.

No, not this old lady:


This old lady:

That's right! We started working on stripping my antique desk - the Great Deal.

I'll write more about the process of rehabbing this baby, but let me just say: She was coated with at least eight layers of paint. Beyond the two (or three) layers of antique white lay two coats of mustard yellow, followed by two coats of baby blue and at least one layer of primer.

Poor old lady! I'm really glad we decided to strip her clean before repainting. Otherwise it would have been like putting clean clothes on a dirty body.

More stripping, sanding and painting to come!!!

I almost titled this post The Boy and I Stripped This Weekend. But somehow, I thought people might get the wrong idea.