Desktop Drawers
Put color to work for you, with a pair of mini-drawer units painted in a colorblock pattern with contrasting colors.
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4 hours
- Krylon® ColorMaster
Spraypaint™
- Tomato (#53532)
- Peekaboo Blue (#51517)
- Pewter Gray (#51606)
- Brown Boots (#53562)
- Krylon® ColorMaster Primer™ – Gray
- Small wooden desktop unit
- Protective gloves and eye wear
- Newspaper to protect work surface & for masking
- Vacuum cleaner and/or Tack cloth
- Painters tape
- Sand paper - fine grit
- Drawer Pulls
- Protect the work surface with newspaper.
- Photograph the storage and take to a photo editing software to map out colorblocking. (Or for a low-tech solution photograph the storage and print out the image on regular printer paper and use colored pencils to map out the colorblocking)
- Lightly sand all surfaces.
- Remove all dust with a vacuum followed by a tack cloth.
- Remove and separate the drawers from storage base.
- Paint all surfaces with primer.
- Let dry completely.
- Once dry, clean with tack cloth again.
- Paint the base of the storage with Brown Boots and set aside to dry.
- Measure and mark the colorblocks on the drawer faces.
- Beginning with the Pewter Gray mask off all of the colorblocks leaving the Pewter Gray blocks unmasked.
- Paint following instructions on the can with the Pewter Gray colorblocks.
- Let dry completely.
- Remove masking.
- Tape off all of the colorblocks but the Peekaboo Blue.
- Paint and let dry completely.
- Remove masking.
- Tape off all of the colorblocks but the Tomato Red.
- Paint and let dry completely.
- Remove masking.
- Let dry for several hours.
- Attach drawer pulls to the centers of each colorblock.
- Let cure for 24-72 hours before assembling all of the drawers.
Desktop Drawers was designed by Vicki O’Dell.
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