Public Service Announcement: If you plan on picking something up from the “FREE” section of Craigslist, do it during the day. Otherwise, you might drive out to the sticks at night, load up your free item under the cover of darkness, get it home and realize that the 1940’s steelcase tanker desk you thought you were getting is actually a desk-shaped hunk of rust.
Fortunately, Better After reader Nick ain’t scared of no rust. He attacked it with a power sander, chemicals and sheer determination. Hours upon hours of man-labor later, he has a beautiful desk that can probably withstand a nuclear war. Nice job Nick!
6 Comments
Jody
March 2, 2011 at 1:08 AMGreat job, very industrial.
amy7474
March 2, 2011 at 12:40 AMSo funny…that is my desk at work (I’m a teacher) and the thing weighs A TON!! I can’t believe you were able to move it!
NanyBrazilian
March 2, 2011 at 12:48 AMoh my, that would make a perfect teacher’s desk hehe
Laraine Eddington
March 2, 2011 at 12:55 AMA perfect desk to crouch under during a hurricane, nuclear war or a spit wad attack.
Ms C
March 2, 2011 at 2:49 AMWow, great job! That amount of rust would have scared me off.
Raw.Potatoes
March 2, 2011 at 3:59 PMAh-mazing! I love before & afters. So glad I found your blog 🙂
-becky