Mirrored beauty.

I was given a beautiful mirrored desk to paint recently. It wasn't in bad shape to begin with it just needed a clean and a new coat of paint to freshen it up. The top of the desk had a layer of vinyl on it that had to come off before I could paint it; it did not want to come off! After a battle of about half an hour the vinyl finally came off, and once I'd scrubbed what was left of the glue off the top the desk was ready to paint.

The original plan with this desk was to paint over all of the gold detailing and then paint it back on later. A lot of the moulded detailing had gone a bit yellow with age but when painted over it started to look like new. The mirror section had to be dismantled to make painting it easier and neater. The desk also came with a stool that had to painted to match. It took 2-3 coats of paint to cover this desk fully (the gold bits needed a third coat).

The finished product ended up slightly different from the original design. Instead of painting the gold back on we decided the desk looked much nicer without it. It looks a lot classier and fresher without the gold, and once the stool is reupholstered I think the whole thing will look almost brand new. This is another one of those pieces I wish I could keep for myself!

This piece was painted with the following Farrow and Ball colour: Tallow