pictures, please!

I'm trying to post the final results, file too large grrrr...

This is the finished piece. The knobs are yellow/white/black ceramic.

And in it's new location in the dining area.

That looks great in that spot. Love your whole space there.

Alright, now you've given me the "wants" for a treasure to redo!! Looks great!

Thanks 'always' I still have some changes to make. Want to replace ladderback chairs, DH wants to keep them because they are 'still good chairs', just like a man, and add a rug.

Awesome. Great job!

JR

WOW !! How perfect for your space and what an eye you have to see potential in a piece that I would have walked right past !!

Did you hand sand it ? And what grit paper did you use ? what kind of paint/primer ?

Your floors are so beautiful that I would be hard pressed to cover them but I love rugs so can imagine how lovely it will look. A gorgeous room. c

Thanks everyone.
'trailrunner'-It's a nice heavy Ethan Allen piece. That's what I look for when browsing for used furniture.
I used a small battery powered sander with 150 grit paper and 220 grit for in between coats. It took 2 coats of BM black with a gloss finish. The primer was a BM water base. I ended with a coat of BM Stay Clear poly to protect the finish.
We have that same maple flooring throughout the entire house so I feel the need to break that up a bit, work some color in to break up all the brown in the wood throughout also.

I love it! In fact, the entire space is gorgeous and I like the ladder back chairs with that table :).

Tuesday

Looks perfect in there. I like the ladderback chairs too. They seem to go with the architecture of the house.
Diane

Maybe I will stick with the ladderbacks. I was wanting to mix in some modern elements, but I can do that with a rug. Thanks for your insight.

Wow, the dresser and the whole arrangement (with artwork) looks fantastic. Great job!

Great job flowerchild!
I just did two craigslist $100 vanities in a sable glaze. Sorry the wood does not show through in the picture but it's there. They came out nice but I hated every minute of the project. Here's the before and after...

jterrilynn, Those did turn out very nice. Did you sand down to the bare wood? that must have been a job, takes a lot of patience. I think it would be harder going from a dark stain to a lighter one. The paint was not that difficult to do on mine.

Hi Flowerchild, the dark cabs are the after. I washed them down in bleach and water, after dry I lightly sanded and then applied the sable glaze with a good brush. In the right light you can see a bit of the wood grain of the original cabs. I followed with three coats of clear. I hate re-doing wood but the all wood inset vaities would have cost around $850 to $1,100 a piece (they are very heavy) so it was worth it. The neighbors got to hear some bad language during the process though lol.

Yowzah! Great job!

Flowerchild, I so admire your vision. Who knew that piece could be transformed into such a current and great looking buffet. Well done, lady!

jterrilynn - When you posted the pics I was thinking I like the original color better,thinking the dark ones were the old ones, turns out they are the ones you refinished. Nice job! You got a great deal on those. It's hard to find used vanities in pairs. I was looking for some for our MA BA, never lucked out, had to settle for ones from Lowes that are not built that well. Now on the search for tops & faucets, will probably splurge on those.

Thanks cindy, claire, & Annie. This has been a long time coming. We have been building our house since 2004!!! (WOW!! That long??), doing most of the work ourselves & GC'ing what we couldn't do. Now, finally I am able to add some decorating touches. The kitchen/dining area are the first to be FINISHED.

Wow!

Wow, beautiful job.

Flowerchild.....taking out the drawers and using the baskets is genius!

What a great way to make it look completely different in proportion.

Fantastic job.

Flowerchild- Great room! I can't believe you looked at that bureau in it's original state and envisioned the final result. Another vote in favor of the ladderback chairs.

Can I ask where you found that lovely chandelier?

The finished product works perfectly in your space. Well done. Also, I love your ladderback chairs and agree, from what we can see, they fit your space perfectly.

Wow! Thanks for all the positive comments, especially regarding the chairs. That will save me some headaches keeping them.
sonicmom - Good story for the chandy. When we first started to build the house PB had a very similar chandy which I drooled over, but as close as I could get to it was cutting out the pic & putting it in my idea folder. I kept looking for another one at a more reasonable price but gave up. Then one day we were in Lowes & this chandy was on the markdown table for $17.00 !!!!! I just knew when we unpackaged it there would be glass everywhere but it was in perfect condition. I stored it away for 7 years and finally this Spring we were able to put it up after all the construction was completed in that room. I have gotten so many compliments on it.

It's beautiful! I also love the art above it!