Desk DIY Glam Up Pt. 1

Some of you may know that I recently acquired a new desk which I intended on painting. My parents convinced me since it's made out of such nice wood to leave it be. I can always paint it in the future right? Yeah, that's what I thought too.

Well if I can't paint it, how do I make it my own? Hmmm...oh I know! Besides of the obvious of changing the drawer pulls, which I'm still struggling to find ones that will fit in the pre-cut holes. Then what else, is there to do? I was stuck here too until I found a couple yards of zebra fabric that has been sitting in my closet since high school. *gasp*

I measured the inside of the drawers and (thank the crafting gods) had enough to cover the bottom of every drawer. It's pretty simple. Take the measurements of the drawers and then cut out the fabric in accordance. If you're anything like me though, I can not cut in a straight line. So I slightly over cut every drawer to ensure that I'd have access to trim off after placing inside the drawer. Check out my zebra drawers. =]

What's so great about this is that I didn't tack it down or attach it to cardboard, so I can take it to change it up whenever I want...(there's more after the jump!)

As promised here is my first DIY post, well technically it's not so much a DIY as a glam it up post. I purchased these gold painted ceramic pieces at a local Savers for only $4 about a year and a half ago. My eye was originally drawn to their old Hollywood feel. They lived in my Vegas themed bathroom at school. Upon moving out they sat unused because they didn't fit with my room decor. So I had an aha! moment. WHY NOT PAINT THEM?

So I took this...

Primed it [white] and painted it!

The black fits much better with the rest of the decor in my room and when I move out, they'll easily fit with my new place [hopefully]

So I hope this post has given you an idea to paint something in your procession that used to work with your decor and now just sits unused. Don't be afraid to take the worse that could happen is that you have to paint ti back to the original color. I'm already thinking of ways to glam them up even more. Hmm maybe so glitter or highlight colors....