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| Written by i j |
| Tuesday, 11 May 2010 14:38 |
Last week Marissa Macabre sent us an interesting article about how to create your own gothic desk, I’m really sorry of not being able to publish it earlier but I had a really bushy week last week, hope she doesn’t mind, anyway, here it is, hope you all enjoy it as I did.
Gothic Desk by Marissa Macabre
One lucky day on my way to work, I drove past a house in our neighborhood in Birmingham, Alabama, US. The resident had thrown away a slightly beat up wooden desk from Ethan Allen. Being the junk-collecting hoarder that I am, I used my usual dumpster-diving skills and grabbed this fine treasure. I threw it in the backseat of my Corolla and relished the fact that the neighbor found this desk to be trash. The nerve!
While at work, I visited one of my favorite websites, Gothic Martha Stewart. There, I printed off Trystan’s instructions on how to decoupage a table.
On my lunch break, I ran to my favorite hideout, the Birmingham Museum of Art, during an otherwise woeful day in the office. After listlessly sauntering around my favorite decadent items, I perused the gift shop. I purchased a dozen postcards of my favorite paintings, some gothic.
With much dismay, I fled to my local fear-inspiring Wally-world and bought the following: ModgePodge, paint sponges, varnish, sandpaper, and a can of black interior furniture paint. (My usual black spray paint which Voltaire recommends in his gothic interior design book Paint It Black just didn’t cut it for this project.)
At home, I excitedly cleaned the desk with a wet paper towel and sandpapered the old paint off. Then, I painted every inch of it satiny black, two coats. After waiting on the paint to dry, I assembled a lay out of my postcards. Additionally, I used postcards from Necromance, a gothic shoppe in Los Angeles, CA:
I took each postcard and ModgePodged the back, sticking it to the surface of the desk. After they were all arranged to my heart’s desire, I put another coat of ModgePodge on top. Patience is a virtue; you have to let this coat dry as well.
Next, I varnished the top of the desk to seal the ModgePodged postcards. I even lined the drawer with décor as well. Finally, I finished the desk with a brand new ghoulish knob which I purchased at Home Depot for $3.
I now have a one-of-a-kind, somber desk to add to my macabre study. You can make one yourself; try yard sales and thrift stores for a vintage desk in need of TLC.
“What does a writing desk and a raven have in common? [Pause.] Edgar Allen Poe wrote on both.”- Alice in Wonderland (2010)
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