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Dresser to Buffet

We have a Goodwill Outlet store that sells everything by the pound.  Everything except furniture and larger items like bicycles.  The rest of the merchandise is 39 cents a pound for books and glassware, and all else is 79 cents a pound. This piece is SOLID which translates to very HEAVY.  I am guessing on the weight, but I think the $10 I paid would make it about 10 cents per pound.  That translates to GREAT DEAL. It was missing one piece of hardware but for $10 I thought I could deal with that. The first thing I did was sand the top down to the bare wood. Next I removed the hardware and scrubbed the drawers inside and out. I had a general idea of what I wanted the drawers to look like but I didn't really know how I was going to achieve that look.  I started by painting the edge around the drawers black.  As things progressed, I decided I didn't like the black and changed it but... I'm getting ahead of myself. My pl...