The Buffet

 Before

              

                

After

It's finished. Well, not really, but I did stain it. And I'm thinking that I like it. 

I used Rustoleum brand stain in the sun-bleached color. It gave the wood the blue-gray color that I was looking for. It still needs some sort of knobby things for the drawers and cupboards. I am currently imagining a homemade thick rope handle, like this:

(http://remodelista.com/posts/5-quick-fixes-instant-rope-handles-and-pulls)

But I'm not ready to commit. 

What I did commit to? Spare pieces of genuine drift wood that my parent's friends brought straight from the St. Mary's River in Michigan. 

My dad drilled some holes and ta-da...

A sweet centerpiece.

All it needs is a few pine boughs to rest upon. 

It's official. I've got the Christmas spirit.