The dresser!

About a 2 weeks ago, Brandon and I purchased some bedside tables.  Well, they looked so nice with the bed, that our dressers looked very  much out of place, so we decided we'd refinish them to make them go with our bed and tables a little better.  Since they're both actually wood and not mdf or particle board, we wanted to stain them to get them to match.

So, this is a "before shot" of Brandon's dresser.

Then, we dusted, and stripped

Then, we sanded and sanded and sanded and sanded and.....
After that, we sealed, stained and finished with polyurethane

We're still waiting for it to dry fully, and hopefully air out before we put it back in the bedroom.  I'll get a better picture then, since this one was taken by garage light and that's not all too flattering.  (ie it's not really that red or shiny...) We originally had planned to replace the hardware, but couldn't find any to fit the pre-existing holes that would be budget friendly.  The screw holes were large enough that we thought filling the holes and staining over the fill, would still look weird, so for now, we just put the old back on.

So, yep, that's what I've been up to!  We're going to wait for the weather to cool off a little and hopefully dry out before we tackle my dresser.