My husband just gets a kick out of bringing me something out of the discarded pile to see my reaction. This piece was one of them. He was given this shelf from someone who was moving and decided not to put it in the moving truck. Looks like it was built some time ago, not sure if it was purchased or handmade. The finish was already stripped of the varnish coating but the wood was still stained. 
When I told my husband I wanted to paint it, he reacted like I wanted to dismember the very core of the piece. Granted, it didn't have enough form to leave it just stained wood. Soooooo, defying the very principle that stained wood should never be painted (according to carpenters!), I primed the thing and held my breath........Hubby was not amused. Then painted on a sage green.
Plain painting does not exist well in my home...oh no....out came the need to embellish.....out came the stencil. I scraped on some 'Fast and Final' spackling onto the stencil and quickly removed the same. Then painted the raised area a bright red, yes, bright red.
After all was dry, then I heavily glazed it in a dark brown, wiped off most of the areas, but the glaze pretty much stayed heavy.
Now, it holds my jars of elements in my craft room next to my sewing table. Not the most 'beautiful' place in my house, but a spot that I can enjoy...for me. My Hubby will survive, he's getting used to it....
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