Smitten.

Holy moly, I am so smitten with our new-to-us buffet!  A couple months ago, I purchased a Thomasville beauty off of Craigslist, and sadly, it has sat idle in our basement, just collecting dust since then.  But thanks to a recent visit from the World's Greatest Parents, I got the kick in the pants I needed to spiff this pretty lady up and get it set in our dining room.  {Don't get me wrong...the cabinet was beautiful already...just not my style in it's original form.}

So here she is after I removed all of the original hardware and sanded the surface to roughen things up for the primer.

Then it was time to select the color I wanted to paint it.  {And not only did we need to select a color for the buffet, but also for two nightstands, an armoire and a dresser-turned-console that I had bought off Craigslist during the Summer.}  We used a very scientific random method of choosing our colors...aka we laid a million paint chips out all over our bar...honed in on the general color we were going for... and then took the "finalist" chips around the room to examine them against other objects, and to see how they looked in different types of light. 

After all of that fun, I had my Dad assist me in carrying this light-as-a-feather piece {HA...sarcasm} from the garage to our living room, where my Mom was waiting to take over the priming and painting.  Lucky me, I was exiled to our master bedroom, trying to take care of the disaster that is supposed to be our oasis to escape to.

After some perfect painting and several days of curing, I was finally able to re-attach the doors and the original hardware.  The second I put the first piece back on, I was S-M-I-T-T-E-N.  I absolutely loveeee this piece and I'm so happy with how it came out!!

{These photos make the color seem A LOT lighter than it really is.  The very last picture, although not a good one since it was taken with my iPhone and has a glare across it, best depicts how the color appears in real life.  Forgive me...I don't know how to change my camera settings to fix this!}

So there you have it...that's our new-to-us buffet that I can't get enough of.  Anyone else take on some major furniture painting lately?!?!

P.S. - I have a couple more furniture makeovers to share with you guys.  I'm just waiting on some hardware, and then I can hopefully reveal them to you guys later this week! :)