Show & Tell Friday!

It's Friday...and that means a Show & Tell party over at Cindy's Romantic Home!  I have been working on something and I just love the way it turned out!  I have yet to find the perfect spot for it, though, so any suggestions would be welcome!
I absolutely fell in love with this new piece from Pottery Barn and I am convinced that my husband could duplicate for me....but, alas, he is up to his eyeballs in homework.  I will have to wait until vacation time:)

These would be perfect in our office!  Without the real thing, I got to thinking about what I did have.  The Mr. has had an old cubby of his own since before we were married.  It was one of those things that stayed hidden in the recesses of the closet.  Until one day....inspiration struck.

 

The wood was kind of faded and it had potential, but no character......yet.  Out to the garage we went and little cubby got a makeover with some Dark Walnut stain.

Ahhh, so warm and pretty.  I have not added numbers to anything and, so, I took this opportunity to try my hand at it.  Sorry no pictures of the process, but all I did was use a simple stencil that I cut each # from and taped to the center of each drawer.  Here is the result:

 

I used plain ol' acrylic paints and a sponge brush.  When I removed the stencil, the paint was a little splotchy.  I decided I wanted more of an aged look and rubbed some sandpaper lightly over the #'s and then went back over it with my stain.

 

Love the new look!  Do you have anything to show & tell?  Today's the day!  Head on over to Cindy's blog and check out all of the other show & and tellers!  Also, linked up with Hooked on Houses.  Happy Friday!