Furniture Project

So my mom is starting to redo the entire look of her house in preparation of a possible addition and renovation. Which I'm also helping her and my dad out with! Yay!! Anyways, here's a furniture piece I painted for them. I apologize for the crappy before photos...I get so excited that I always forget to take them till I'm already working on it. 

Here's a before without the cabinet doors 

Here's a little trick...I always put hardware in plastic bags, separated by where they go (I.e. Right door knob and hinges, drawer knobs...etc). In my experience, old furniture hardware can sometimes shift over time making them a "custom" fit to their specific spot. If you don't label, it can be a heck of a project just fitting things back together.

I sanded everything down to the original wood and then I did two coats of a black paint with velvet finish and stained the top. I lightly distressed the edges and then I used finishing wax to seal it (which I love because it's not shiny but it looks very finished). 

I love how it turned out!

And here's the after!! (not staged and not great light...my bad haha)