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On a blustery day in Fall 2013 - one of my neighborhood neighbors posted that they were cleaning out their basement and everything on the curb was FREE!  So I called my trusty partner-with-a-truck over to investigate.  I got pictures of car seats and a cool chair that I had no room for and two piece of furniture (one was the one I sent him for!).....both were waiting on my porch when I got home.



 When I first saw this piece I thought I could work my magic and make a changing table with drawers for one of my employees that was expecting (this week actually!), but when it got to my house I realized it was chest high...and probably not the safest changing table for baby ;-)

So I e-mailed my sister who always has good furniture ideas and said something like "should I try to save it or should I just put it back out on the curb?!"  "SAVE IT!"  she replied.

So I started stripping.....  and found this pretty green color underneath....oooo


I thought about keeping the green (because I loved it), but in a few places the stripper went beyond paint and I saw this:



 Dark brown wood!  Could I save it?  Would it all be like that?  Turns out I could, but it would not.  The top is more of a veneer (boo) as are the drawers and doors, but everything else was a pretty wood.

So I worked on it...then let it sit....and painted the doors and drawers...and let it sit.... looked for knobs in a different state...  took a screwdriver to the X pattern on the front (that you can barely see in the first pic) and here she is in all her glory!



One day when I'm bored I might tackle those white feet, but for now I'm calling this piece done!
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