Dresser Restored

I finally have something to blog about! My friend, Nicole, told me about this product called "Restor-A-Finish" to refinish my kitchen cabinets. I bought the "maple-pine finish" and tried it on one of our cabinets and it was too dark (boo) so I thought I'd try it on my pine dresser. Wow! It restored it like new, so I thought I'd post some pics so you could see!

Here's what my dresser looked like before. The first drawer has been refinished (I didn't think about taking a pic until I had done one drawer!) But notice the nicks in drawer 2 and down. The curtains were open so there's more sunlight in the room on this pic.

Now look at the dresser all restored...it looks like new, doesn't it?! (Now the curtains are closed so the dresser looks darker..but it's the same one :)

Here's another picture, isn't that fabulous?! I can't wait to do the other dresser I have which is worse. (When Andrew was 5 or so, he and his friend "engraved" their names into the other dresser...so it is really banged up..it wasn't funny at the time) I waited for a few days before posting this to see if the finish would wear off and the knicks would come back, but now it's day 3 and the dresser looks just like these pics. I am in love with this product. It only took me about 30 minutes to do this project. I wore rubber gloves and used an old rag and that's it. It's my first time doing something like this, so I'm not a pro...that says even more about how easy this is. If I can do it, anyone can!