Piece of Work Wednesday Link Party Number 10!

Starting the party a little early today as I may try to get to bed early tonight.  I am on day 3 of having no voice.  Let me just say that was some kind of 80's party I attended!!!  Can I just tell you how hard it is to discipline children when one cannot speak?  There has been a lot of hand-clapping and whistling for attention around here.  And the kids don't get it.... I will be upstairs, and Sawyer will keep yelling for me, forgetting that I cannot answer him, nor do I plan on running up and down the stairs all day just to answer a simple question.  I hope tomorrow I wake up able to speak!
Ok, now onto my transformation for the week.  It's not a dramatic change, but some pieces don't need that much.  I picked up this little guy off craigslist for $25.

I was thinking I might do something to it like this gorgeous little nightstand from Meredith at Welcome to the Heardmont.  It had a similar shape and I loved the two-toned look.

I took it outside and sanded it down entirely to the bare wood, which took a total of about 1 hour.  It had such beautiful wood, that I decided just to bring it up to date with new stain.  I used Minwax Provincial which is kind of a dark walnut.  I used a total of 2 coats of stain, and then gave it two coats of tung oil finish, waiting 24 hours between coats.  I had wanted to find hardware that had a bit more of a sleek and modern feel, but the holes were 3 1/2" apart and it was nearly impossible unless I wanted to spend $40 on just the hardware.  Um, no thanks.  So I opted to reuse the existing hardware, but it needed a cleaning.  I used the boil-it-in-baking-soda-in-a-pot-lined-with-aluminum-foil method  I was able to remove most of the marks and tarnish.  Here is the after.... I am pleased with how it turned out, a little more organic feeling and less glossy, and a little darker than it started.  It's heading to a new  home this weekend!

See, I don't paint them all!  I should mention that I don't normally refinish pieces, but mid century pieces with their nice straight lines are relatively easy. :)

Alright, your turn!  What project have you been working on?  Remember, FURNITURE ONLY!

Rules Schmules:

1. You must be a follower of this here ol' blog.
2. Make sure you post a permalink and not just a link to your main blog page.
3. Your link MUST BE A FURNITURE MAKEOVER.
4. Please link back to my blog as a courtesy; I will have a blog button soon!
5. Not required, but please be kind and go visit some of the other links.
6. Party on!
Alright, get this party started!

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