Refinishing an old table

Hats off to you sugar. Great idea, and you save a lot, not to mention ackomplishment. I buy things new. I am an artist, so I have enough on my plate to do daily.

That is a great idea! You can find some good bargains that don't appear to be so if you use your imagination..huh! We had an old cabinet, and I mean old! We redid all the wood on the outside..leaving the shlves, and innerboards. We replaced the extior and refinished the cabinet. We sanded,a nd stained it, them we finished it off with that glossy stuff. It looks great in our kitchen. There are three doors on it. the one on the left goes all the way up, and there is a shelf on the top for trash bags and things like that..with the trash can on the bottom. The right side has a door on the top, and open space in the middle for the microwave, and a door on the bottom with three shelves for cookware. I would love to do something like this again!

I haven't done anything like that, but my husband has. He got an old antique clock that was painted black. He removed all the paint to the original wood, and it is awesome looking.