Vintage Metal Army Desk {before & after}

So since moving into our house, we've done a ton of yard sale-ing to furnish the space (you may recall my husband sold a lot of our furniture just so we wouldn't have to move it!)

Yea, so that meant we were starting from scratch...the one thing I was really going to miss was my AMAZING office at the last house. It had to stay and that meant I was on the hunt for some sort of desk.

I spied this vintage metal army desk at a sale- it had a sign "Make Offer" on it (which can be really good or really bad) and then I noticed another sign "$10.00"  Say what!?  I ended up talking the owner down to $5 - mostly because it weighs about a kagillion pounds and her kids were refusing to move it again. 

You can see it was a horrible forest green color- sadly the original metal finish long gone...but I had a plan! I knew with out a doubt what color I wanted to paint it and bought 3 cans of Krylon Jade!! I didn't bother to prime since it already had a coat of paint. I just wiped it down and went to town. Or I should say my husband went to town...I started painting and he quickly took over. What can I say, he is way better than me! Although it ended up taking 3 more cans on top of the first three, the results were exactly what I had in mind!! 

Totally vintage and the perfect color!

I was so happy that the original hardware and laminate top were salvageable. The only problem we had was moving the beast up a flight of stairs! Thank goodness I married He-Man!

Now I just need to design an office/playroom around it.  Clearly the baby blue walls need to go... and I have to work with the neutral carpet...

I also need to decide if the desk should float or go against the wall...it has my computer on it now and the cords are horrendous! I can not live with it like that, but not sure what exactly to do, since I really love the back of it. Feel free to offer up suggestions!! I need help! Until then, here's my project totals for this makeover:  Vintage Army Desk- $5.00 6 cans Krylon Jade Spray Paint- $22.00 = $27.00 !!