This project literally took my blood sweat and tears.  Two long days of scrubbing and stripping and painting and finally this creature emerged.

{Before}

{After}

My hands came in contact with the stripping solution a couple of times, so they are a beautiful shade of peeling brown.  I leave a trail of skin flakes where ever I go, and I may or may not be barren now, but it was well worth it. 

Granted, it's not perfect.  Apparently, the doors were of a cheaper wood than the actual console, so they absorbed paint in uneven ways that threatened to make me cry.  I tried sanding some color off on one of the doors, and after sanding too much off, it refused to take color again.  I can live with it.