Transformation: From Something Old to Something NEW!!

Last Monday I (Becky) had this strong urge to get a new (old) desk. I had been looking at home decoration websites all week, and wanted to get started on a project. Since it was Labor Day, and I didn't have to work, I went out to a Goodwill near Jearen's work and browsed for something hopeful. I came across an old desk, with a little shelf/organizer on it, and thought, "This may work." It was only $30. One thing I did NOT want to do, was spend a lot of money for a desk. I mean, we already had one that was just fine. But I wanted a more unique desk look. I took a picture of the desk, put it on Facebook, and asked if anyone knew how to fix it up. Well, I leave to go shopping elsewhere, and wait for Jearen to get off work so, I could get his opinion (the one that mattered the most!!) We drive over to the Goodwill, and low and behold, someone bought the dang thing! It had barely been two hours! I was heartbroken for a few minutes, haha. Then Jearen decided we would drive to 2 other stores, and with 15 minutes till closing, we found the one! We bought the lucky desk for $50. The next day Jearen and our friend Chris went to pick up the desk, then we went to Chilis to watch the RANGERS!! Then, our little purchase went from DRAB TO FAB!! Here's how it all went in our refinishing...

The desk was heavy with the drawers! But this is the BEFORE



Then we scrapped the old paint off



Jearen then sanded down the desk

Half way done with sanding

Finally came the staining, then polyurethane.

Then.......

The new & improved desk!

Jearen picked out this lamp for me, I love it!
(We also changed the handles from an old gold, and bought new stainless steel ones from Home Depot)



So...here you have the desk area BEFORE....

And here you have it AFTER!!!

That's our little project! Hope it inspires YOU to find one man's trash & turn it into your own treasure!

Till next time, Jearen & Becky Myers

P.S.- Jearen did SO MUCH of the dirty work with the desk. I am so proud of him & I think he did a great job! Let him know he did good :)!!



Texas Tech vs. OSU

This past weekend, Jearen & I drove out to Lubbock, TX to attend a Texas Tech game! We were both excited, him for the game, and me for all the pictures we would take, and boy did we take some good ones! On Friday morning we left our apartment around 6 am, and hit the road- all 5 hours of it. Thankfully, we have wonderful neighbors who offered us to watch Cooper while we were gone. Talk about a blessing! As soon as we got into Lubbock we made our way to the Athletic Facility where we meet up with my friend Sarah McElroy. She works in the Athletic Department, and offered to give us a tour of everything. Wow- we were excited, because not only did we get to walk through all the football meeting rooms, locker room, and by some coaches offices, but we got to walk out on the field too! Maybe it's not that big of a deal, but to us, it was definetly a highlight of our trip! We took some pictures, learned some history, and I got some inside scoop on football, haha. We headed back to Sarah's office since she was about to be off, and right before we left for lunch, out walks Sarah with a picture of Coach Tubberville with his autograph, and To: Jearen and Becky "Guns Up" on it. YAY!

Then we decided to shop around the campus at the spirit shops for some Tech gear. We found a game shirt we wanted, but decided we would come back for it later. Little did we know that it would be sold out, and take HOURS before getting a new shipment in again. So what did we do? Shopped at the little mall in Lubbock, lol, ate lunch, and headed back to buy the T-shirt. Almost 2 hours later, we got the shirst we stood in the store for! Man, my feet were tired, but it was worth it. Then we meet up with Sarah @ Buffalo Wild Wings to catch the Rangers Game (!!! GO RANGERS!!!!). We had a good time, but had to get on the road to head to Jearen's Aunt Tammy's house for the night (an hour drive away). When we arrived we watched the end of a CRAZY game, then hit the hay.

The next morning was gameday, and before we left we enjoyed a nice lunch with Tammy & Mike. They were so sweet to us and were another blessing on this trip! Then around 1pm, we headed out to the game.

The game itself was a blast to watch! We had AWESOME seats, 50 yrd line, 7 rows back. It was perfect. We were both sportin' Tech, the weather was nice, and well, I was mainly happy that Jearen got to be at the game. Having married into being a Tech Fan, I'm happy to support my man :)!

THANK YOU Sarah McElroy, Tahrick Peak (#58), Aunt Tammy & Uncle Mike, Our neighbor Barbara, and RANGERS for winning Saturday night! Great weekend!

---Stay tuned for our desk refinishing project & photos------