furniture redo....

Derek's Aunt Mary passed away right at a year ago this week.  We miss her and still love her so much!  In her house, by her front door, was this piece....and it's been in my father-in-law's storage barn for about a year!

(if you judge my garage, I will hunt you down and make you come clean it out!)

This was going to be my project all summer, and I'm just now getting to it!  I saw a blog (from my friend, Jessica) where she redid a piece of furniture and I loved how it turned out.  So, after stripping it (nothing but grime came off), I started painting...

 Then I recruited mom to help...actually she just came to see Michael, but during nap time, I made her help!  We sanded a little off....

 Then we stained and wiped and stained and wiped....

After letting it dry over night, I moved it in to my sunroom, by the backdoor.  I added some random knobs....that I purchased from Hobby Lobby.

 And finally tried to decorate it a little....overall, I love it!!!  (and I think Aunt Mary would too.)