Had I a dining room...

I hoped to finish one more piece before we leave on holidays in 2 days..instead, I was a machine and knocked out 2. Maybe because one was kinda easy...great condition piece, no hand painting required and the other one, Id thought about for so long, I actually had kind of a lil bit of a plan when I started. Its called "go-with-the-flow" with some "we'll see" on the side....I know. Weird...but also hightly effiecient!
So, here is the first piece I rescued from the clutches of wasteful people trading on beautiful, classic, solid wood pieces for Ikea press board. *Disclaimer* I'm totally just assuming, I really have no idea. If this was yours, please share with us why you choose to curb it....
Alright so, it had candle wax drips all down the front and a wee bit of chipped wood at the curvy part on the base of the front. Other than that...she was beautiful....

She's a sideboard for a dining room..with built in, felt lined Silver tray in the top drawer and everything. If I had a dining room....she'd be in it.

Stop here...I need to apologise for the crappy pictures from this point on. For DAYS, The Mister and I talked about hauling it upstairs so I could snap some pix set up in a clean-ish kitchen..but well, life happened. The Mister is working double time to get ready to take time off, our poor dog got really sick and well, I had laundry to do...so Please. Close your eye's and *imagine* this beauty in a beautiful dining room with grey painted walls..not wait, maybe navy and a vase full of bloomin daisy's on top!

Cleaned, painted, distressed, glazed

I love the cuves and the french hardware...

THEN..because I can never leave well enough alone...I went and stamped in words randomly throughout the top (after I stripped) This one is "Love" but there's also "Family", "Eat", "Laugh", "Believe" and had I kept this piece, I also would have added me and The Mister's initals with a +! I did think about using it to keep our TV on, the DVD and sterio in, but ALAS......it didnt work out.