A great D.I. treasure

I love when I find a nice little treasure and D.I. had a good one for me recently : ) Here is the before. You can't tell in this picture but it had layers of lumpy icky paint on it. I loved the design of it though and could see the potential it had.

It took a lot of sanding (luckily I have power sander, that helps a lot). I am sure that my neighbors were going nuts with the noise.

Here it is almost done.

I gave it the distressed look which I like but I think I am going to put red on the distressed part and give it one last coat of black spray to match my furniture upstairs.

I will post the final picture once I get around to finishing it. It could be awhile since it's cold outside now.

From this to..........this!

So we've had this little site for sore eyes hanging out in our basement for awhile just waiting for me to beautify her. Well I was feeling crafty one day and went to work. Here is the before. Ohhhhhh purdy isn't she UGH!
Here is a drawer with such a lovely handle. Ick!Here is the after.................oh much better!

All she needed was a little sanding, some silver spray paint for the handles and black for the rest.

Why oh why didn't I take the time to do this sooner?