Raw Natural Look French Dresser....

This is the before below on a french dresser made by Davis Furniture Co.  

I was initially going to paint it but because we strip 

most of our pieces before we paint them.

But once it was stripped and sanded down I just couldn't paint

it.  The wood was to beautiful.  It wasn't a veneer overlay 

either.  This was solid carved wood.  I did replace that hideous hardware though. 

Stripped and sealed in the old handle holes.

I didn't stain it, just sealed it with a water based sealer.

Painted the hardware iron steel which is a matte 

slightly dark gray with some metallic in it.

This piece was sold a few days ago.

.  I finished it at the beginning of 

last month, but didn't have time to post on my blog.