REALLYYYYYY.... WHO DOES THIS....

Paints a piece of furniture with 5 thousand coats of paint?!?!?! ANDDDD paints the hardware too

OK....OK so its only like 5 or 6 coats and way way more work that initially thought

BUTTTT

I will say this piece is going to be

ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS

when its done

WHICH WILL TAKE A WHILE

ALONG WITH A COUPLE MORE CANS OF

PAINT STRIPPER AND TONS OF HARD WORK AND

EVEN MORE PATIENCE.....

But fortunate when I get a piece I get so darn excited to see the

finished piece I work my tail off to get it done....

I HAVE A FEELING THIS WILL BE ONE OF MY

FAVORITE PIECES!!!!
(And not just because I am working my tail off to remove all prior paint....well that may have just a lil to do with it )

Soooo in my head my plan was to paint this piece black but the I got a wild hair to take a look online for some ideas....

Here is what I am working with

 HERE ARE SOME "IDEAS" I FOUND....

PROGRESS

of said piece......

I was able to salvage the hardware

by boiling the hardware all afternoon and using a steel brush to clean it

Unfortunately there was a piece of hardware missing :(...

No fear I will be using most on this piece to keep it as close to original as possible!!!

Sooo I sprayed the stripper on

anddd

I will need to do this several more times (Boooo) 

BUTTTT trust in me once its done......
I can already tell it will be one of my favorite pieces!!!

Be sure to check it out
when I actually get it completed

HERE IS THE BEFORE

ANOTHER DILEMMA.....

AS I AM REMOVING THE OLD PAINT THE COLOR OF THE WOOD IS 

BEAUTIFUL

UGGGGGGG.....WHAT TO DO?!?!?