Dining Room Cabinet: 2 Days Later

I started work on the cabinet Sunday afternoon. I worked on it today after work some more, too. All in all, about 7 and 1/2 hours so far.

Here's the base.

And the two pieces, separated.

I started taking the doors and hardware off.

Here's one side, done completely with a belt sander and steel brush.

And the top of the base, done with the sander, brush, and a 'green' paint stripper I picked up today.

I was skeptical about the 'green' product, but it really does work.

You can see the board in the back that I have barely worked on.

This is from only two applications of the stripper.

The right side seems darker. I don't know if it's from a past water issue or what.

It doesn't bother me. It adds character.

On this side, I wanted to try out the paint stripper by itself.

Followed by a paint scraper. Looks pretty good for only one coat of stripper.

I'm surprised at how much I enjoy this project. It's like unwrapping a present. It doesn't seem like hard work, even though it is. My back and legs and arms are sore from scraping. And the days have been really, really, hot- 96 degrees and above. But still I find myself out there working happily in the shed.