Hurray for a new buffet!!

I have been working on making our dining room a space that I enjoy, and a piece of furniture I thought it needed was a buffet.  We made our farmhouse table back in February, I think, which I have yet to post pics of and it is awesome!  I love the table, but the room needed another piece of furniture in it... something to use as storage and to set food on when there is company, etc.  I was on the hunt for one on craigslist for the last several months and I finally found one the price I wanted to purchase one for... $20!  It was my goal not to spend more than $20 on a piece I was just going to upcycle and make my own.  It was an old buffet from the 70's with an ugly stain and nasty knobs.  I thought to myself that that was the perfect piece!  I liked the simple lines of it because I wanted to find one that wasn't too fancy in it's shape so that it would work well with the simplicity of the farmhouse table.  I did like the curve of the little legs though which adds a softer feel to the piece.  I thought the big solid doors would be perfect canvasses to paint on as well! 

 First thing I did was take the nasty knobs off of the buffet and fill in the holes.  The buffet is actually really heavy and is made of mahogony wood, believe it or not, which is great!  I was glad it was a solid piece.  I decided to paint the buffet the same color as the base of the farmhouse table and chairs.  It is painted white and covered with a stain that I used ontop to antique it with.  I replaced the knobs with new ones I found at Anthropologie (my favorite store in the universe) that I love very much!  They were on sale... I only paid $15 for all of them!!  I chose to get a few different kinds to add interest to the piece.  I wanted the knobs to be more of the focal point than the actual color of the buffet.  

 Next came the fun part of doing the decorative painting on the front.  I seem to have birds that sneak into many projects I do in my house, so I let them out once again and let them fly all over the buffet.  I finished the buffet by sanding the edges just as I did with the farmhouse table and I love the way the piece turned out!  I can't wait to finish my dining room.  Now it is on it's way to being completed thanks to my new buffet!