As you can see from the blurry photo it's a pretty nondescript shade of burgundy, what you don't see is the gunmetal gray top with funky little stick figures on it because I started scraping it off as soon as we got this desk home.
My hard work unveiled beautiful veneer.
NOTE: I prefer solid wood pieces with no need for veneer, but since I liked the overall look of this desk I splurged and paid a whopping $20.
Since this piece wasn't top quality nor was it real wood, I didn't go through the sanding and scraping process for the base.
I repainted the bottom and the drawers with two coats of glossy black paint and sealed the top with 5 coats of polyurethane (oil based). The polyurethane stands up to a lot more abuse in the long run than an acrylic.
Here it is as a T.V. stand, and the convenient opening was perfect for a small footstool . Pretty nice!
Sometimes things have multiple uses.
See you next time.
