Yun and I have been buying some old furniture on craigslist to replace what we sold prior to our move. Neither of us are fans of furniture made from particle board, or other cheap feeling options. And as it turns out, you can buy really solid items locally for next to nothing that people are trying to get rid of. We bought a nice dresser that is really solid. We also bought an oak table, also solid, but rather quite ugly.
Yun had the idea to paint it with chalk paint and it turned out rather nice in comparison to what it looked like before.
She did a couple coats of varnish to finish it off and it’s held up pretty well to use so far.