LoveLifestyle: Dark vs Light 3 - The Battle is Over

In the previous two posts, I recounted for you a struggle that I was having within. This struggle was to step over to the light side or stay on the dark side. (For more detail read here and here) Well, I can tell you that the light side won this battle. I decided to paint the buffet white, mostly because my dining room is so dark and in desperate need of some light.

I might add that this re-do only cost $12. Yes, its true... the buffet was given to me, I had all the materials to sand, prime and stain. The only thing I bought was the paint! Gotta love it in this economy (The hubby says, "You have to make a dollar out of 15 cents.")

This is what I started with... let's just say she needed some work.

I sanded and refinished the top and made the rest of her look all pretty with paint and light distressing.

I was going to spray the hardware oil-rubbed bronze, but I'm glad I didn't. When I put them back on it just popped next to the white and I didn't have to do a thing.