dibble and dash: Waterfall Buffet

I was on the hunt for a dining room table. I made an appointment with someone on craigslist but after seeing the condition of the table knew it was too much work for me. I spied this buffet in the storage unit and asked about it. At the time I was unsure of the price, but now I see I got a pretty good deal.

It was missing some of the handles so I was going to need to do something different. I puddied up the holes I no longer wanted.

The sides were also in pretty bad shape. So I glued and puddied them.

During the painting process I knocked over the top drawer and it broke. Repairable? Maybe. But it gave me the push to do what I had seen others do and put a shelf in that spot. We also replaced the bottoms of the side cabinets so they would be stronger.

Then I began painting. At this point I was beginning to feel like I'd made a mistake. It looked so blah and boring compared to the beautiful character the wood had before. My only consolation is that it was in bad shape and it would have been much harder, if not impossible, to get it up to speed without a little paint. Maybe in 50 years someone will strip it down and be thrilled to find what's underneath.