And, P.S., that room you’re glimpsing in the background is our front hall.

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I started out by staining the smaller pieces, like the pieces for the storage trays we built first.Smaller projects can sometimes take longer to stain than bigger projects because of all the little corners to get into, so getting this out of the way made me feel like I just flew through the rest of the staining process!.I actually kept the inner dividers for the tray disassembled so that I could sort of speed through those parts too.

One little tip that I love is to use inexpensive non-stick baking sheets to stain on instead of newspapers or cardboard.Keep them only for painting and staining obviously!

🙂 This really does help keep your stained and painted pieces from getting stuck down, like they sometimes do on newspapers and they really help keep the whole work area super tidy!.

Next I stained the lower shelf, the legs, and the skirting..Ours used to look like this:.

10 bonus points for you if you can find all the other things in this picture that need updating too!The fixing up is already under way on the other side of the room, but today I just felt like doing something quick and fun.

Yes, this is fun for me.(Note to self: Clean the floor under this side table more often.).