It has been raining and miserable today so I set Nik the challenge of sorting out his desk so we can build the new one tomorrow!!  We eventually chose a different one to
 those I posted before - Nik found us one in 
Ikea that we both love.  The best thing is, you can design your own from 
the range so if you want more drawers or 2 cupboards or just legs, you can!  We have chosen to have one set of drawers and one cupboard at each end...
So while he was sorting out his paperwork, I worked on the following little project with some old drawers and our grey testers!  Of which we ended up with 9!!!  Turns out that a lot of the pale greys we like were quite blueish in our back room.  It only has a corner window so we have looked at them in daylight and at night with the lights on so we get a proper idea of what it might look like.
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| It is between the middle one in the bottom row and the one to the left of it. | 
We're doing well with the de-cluttering and have already made a huge difference as you can see, we're slowly getting there...
So I carried on with my wee project using up some of the tester pots in the living room...
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| Old box drawers from Ikea - previously painted back in 2000 to go with my lilac bedroom I did have a brown painted set from 2006 as well and have just re-done 2 for now.
 
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| 2 contrasting tester pots.  The colours look a lot lighter in the living room. | 
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| Painted | 
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| Done :) | 
We're really pleased with the result - a new lease of life.
I might do the 3rd set in a darker shade. 
 
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