The life of "Riley" is a story about a discarded mid century desk and chair that I fell for.
I was out hunting for new material one day and I came across this cool desk and chair at least I thought it was cool or could be cool when I got done with it. It was kind of hidden in the back with a bunch
of junk on the top of it.
After I moved the thigh master off of it I was able to get a better look. I couldn't find any markings on it but to me it looked mid century. I had been wanting to do a desk for a while but hadn't found
the right one yet. I brought it home and starting thinking about what color to paint it.
The piece was pretty subtle a little different from what I am usually attracted to.
The biggest detail it had going for it were its modern knobs.
In order to funk-i-fy it I decided to paint it a bright Kelly green.
The original seat cover on the chair was a black faux leather that didn't look too bad with the
Kelly green but it needed more of a punch something to bring it up to date. I found this cool fabric
at Ikea which is black & white in a faux wood design and knew that it was the
right amount of funk the chair needed.
I like to name my pieces so with this one it wasn't hard it reminded me of my goddaughter Riley.
Riley is a very stylish young woman who is always in the know of the latest fashion trends
or making new trends herself and I thought the desk and chair came out very stylish.
So that's the life of "Riley" a reinvented mid century desk and chair with a little funk
and great legs with no need for the thigh master anymore!
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