My father was a great man and he had a very successful career as an Engineer. \u00a0With his own business he designed and built churches, schools, industrial buildings, custom homes and much more. \u00a0More than once he brought home some school desks (quite a few) of various sizes. \u00a0They were mostly in pristine condition and having several I had my own classroom for my dolls and bears in my playroom.<\/p>\n
The desks got shuffled between our lake house and our full-time home. \u00a0I know at one point when I had the first of my kids I had one brought up here but it remained in the basement of the lake house. \u00a0Several years ago I bought paint and had every intention of freshening it up but it never happened. \u00a02 more kids happened and at some point it must have become damp or wet and rust happened.<\/p>\n
However,\u00a0I was steadfast in my determination and added it to my great list of projects. \u00a0Friday afternoon I unearthed it from my garage. \u00a0Yikes! \u00a0It was sad, and in very rough condition but I had a vision. \u00a0My husband also gave me some tools to achieve my vision. \u00a0First I went over the whole thing with a wire brush<\/a> and next my husband gave me a very powerful drill with a circular metal bristle whosiawatzit that just like magic buffed and grinded that rust away and left me with bare metal to work with.<\/p>\n