Before and After Thrift Store Desk
Design Sponge has a great before and after: Elien Popelier in Belgium took this average-looking desk, which she got at a thrift store, and taped a striped pattern on it, like so:
Then she painted the desk and removed the tape. The result:
Great idea!
She also used IKEA boxes to make a spiffy coffee table, which you can see here.
