Free Like Kittens

In libraryland we say that open source software is free like kittens, not free like beer.  In the home improvement department, I hereby enter this buffet into the same category.

You see, when I was driving home from work one day, I passed this beauty on the curb. I says to myself, "It looks like it's got great bones and it's already painted white, so most of the work is done, right? It'll take me and Eddy maybe an hour or so of cleaning and then, hey! Free buffet!" Sure, it was dirty. And it came with some "artwork."

Little did we know we would have to scrub,

rip apart,

rebuild,

and paint.

After a mere month of weekends, we have a beautiful new bedroom piece!  And it was totally free-ish.  Here's the before:

And here's the after:

The gorgeous painting above the buffet is my mom's housewarming present to us!