Nice job!

I'm normally one to like afters more than the before, but this after is not for me, I dislike the white wainscotting they put underneath the desk, not a fan of the final wood tone or how the drawer is so visible against the paint of the legs, and am not a fan of the final dark tone of the handles...

I feel that if the underside of the desk was painted the same turquoise hue instead of the white that sort of comes from nowhere and fits with nothing the wainscotting would recede and not bother me quite as much. I would have personally painted the drawer out too, and left the natural wood top, the stripe on top is cute, but right now the whole piece is just not totally pulled together.
Another thought to make it fit together a bit better would be to leave the horizontal wood pieces on the outside natural wood as well, then perhaps I wouldn't find the drawer sticks out quite so much like a sore thumb.

To each our own

I normally mock the "OMG, you painted wood!" commenters but I can't believe the v-shaped trim was removed! It made the piece interesting. The before is lovely.

Ugh

I don't mind either one but I too vote to have kept the triangle pieces of wood.

Regardless, I think it was a cool idea to make this 'end table' into a small desk.

I agree that the triangular bits had to go.

But I don't think this was the answer. Not a fan of the painted + unpainted wood combo.

fuchee!

I actually don't mind it. I would have probably made the underside match the green outside, but I wouldn't have gone the "distressed" look. I think that rarely works.

Not to my taste. I like the simple lines of the furniture. I wouldn't be against painting the furniture but I would replace the drawer pulls with something less ornate and that reflects the triangular pieces.

Too cottagey for me. I liked the original golden oak.

Have to say I'm not impressed. I actually thought that triangular trim was fun. Changing the handles and a slick paintjob to create a more simple/modern look would have made it a nice piece of furniture. But thats just my taste. As long as your happyvwith it, that's all that really matters!

I like its looks nice

Like the top; the rest, no. Time for chalk paint to go imho.

I applaud the effort,but Im in the before camp as well.

I'm not in the before camp, because that is pretty meh, but the only thing I unequivocally like about the after is the top with the stripe....

I like the colours, but I think the beadboard was a mistake

Ruined.

makes us wonder what the original piece looked like, before the the last few people 'updated' it.

The "after" is horrid. The "cottage chic" bottom does not go with the "old warm patina" top, even with the weird painte stripes. The "odd" triagular bits of wood added interest to an otherwise ho-hum piece of furniture. I would love to see what the designer could have done with that. Unfortunately, the "after" is something that I would pass up at Goodwill.

Nope, just doesn't work. It happens.

Really? I like it quite a bit.