craftgrrl | (no subject)

ok, next month i move into my very first apartment (!) so i have a few questions for anyone who can help me out.

1. i just bought a cheap desk from walmart. it's black and what appears to be fake wood (maybe press-board?). how would i go about painting over the fake wood stuff?

2. my parents are giving me an old kitchen table we have, but the colors don't match our stuff. i was just going to re-paint it a solid color, but does anyone have any good ideas of what i could do with it for a beach themed apartment?

3. i would really like to have curtains around my bed, like a canopy bed. but how would i attach them without screwing up the walls? (seeing how i dont actually have the frame for a canopy bed)

thanks for any help