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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joan, post: 10170791, member: 5398&quot;]I like your idea [USER=90121]@jeffreyhull84[/USER] of using a combination of stain and paint. However, sanding the top might remove too much of the veneer, so I would suggest doing a distressed finish. I recently read that the shabby chic or distressed French country look is making a comeback (but not to the extremes of the 1990s).</p><p><br /></p><p>Howard Restor-a-Finish (ebony brown) on the top and drawers would minimize the existing stains/scratches. Before painting the rest, sand lightly overall, and more on the edges to remove the white paint. Then after painting, sand through the edges again to expose some of the natural wood. Rub some Howard Restor-a-Finish (ebony brown) over the painted parts to darken the exposed wood. Then wax the whole piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>The photo below is a bookcase I painted charcoal gray and distressed the edges, then waxed the whole thing with dark brown shoe polish. It took a while for the shoe polish to completely harden, but it gave the paint kind of an aged soft glow. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]508727[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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