Because I am the greatest of sisters (and terrible at buying presents for the man who has everything), I volunteered to strip and refinish this garage sale desk for Eldest Bro. It is quite possibly the ugliest desk in existence. At one point it may have been cute, but that was three for four layers of paint ago. He loves it though, and I'm pretty confident that I can make it look good. It won't be too difficult, right?

I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure that you aren't supposed to layer the paint on like that, even if you are going for an "artistic" look. And you should definitely paint the whole desk....