There's always hope in furniture!

One of many things I love about what I do is imagining the endless possibilities you can have when restoring furniture.  Case in point, an old wash stand.  I picked up a antique wash stand at an auction,  that not many would give a second glance to. It was very well built for it's age, but to others not pretty at all with its layers of varnish and years of dirt. In my opinion it was just gorgeous! With it's original towel rack and hardware, my hand was up for the first bid. After a couple back and forth with the bidding war, it was mine!
 I took it home and thought and thought about what this old piece needed.  It had been siting in a dirty dark varnish for to long, it needed some spark.  That was it! Nothing says spark more than the color Provence by Annie Sloan!  So, I painted this poor looking wash stand in Provence and Old White, but didn't stop there. No, it needed more but what? Ahh yes, a fresh new refinished top.  After I striped some of old varnish off, I noticed it had more layers of a cherry varnish to it, so I took my handy sander and 120 grit to it for what seemed like forever, but like all things, patience paid off, and I finally sanded down to the original wood work planks.  Finishing it off with the final 220 grit, I applied a dark walnut, and  a high build polyurethane in case it were to be used as a bathroom vanity, it would withstand water.

THEN-

See it over there hiding in this picture, sorry, for some
reason I didn't take a good shot of it before, but you
get the idea right?!

AND NOW!

Sigh, I LOVE this piece, simple yet with SPARK!

The original hardware was in perfect condition, so
I gave it a little boost with and rubbed bronze paint, gorgeous!

This beauty is for sale in my shop in Columbia Illinois for $240. For more pictures check out my for sale page!