the awesome soon-to-be nursery drawer

ever have that feeling...where you went to a store and then all of a sudden you hear this glorious music and see a light beaming down from the sky, so you follow it...and there it is...something from your dreams. i've had that feeling. twice. once with my car. i knew i wanted it dark grey & stick shift and i had gone through the entire lot looking at cars when out of the corner of my eye the clouds rolled back and the sun beamed down directly on top of my car. well i had that feeling today. i was at the thrift store (it's called providence, and it's almost like a salvation army/goodwill) not looking for anything in particular when i saw a cluttered area filled with dressers and drawers and desks. but something caught my eye. the light beam was shining down in the middle of a cluster of old furniture directly on top of this super huge super awesome drawer. and it didn't have a price, but the other drawers and desks (smaller ones) around were priced around $100-$150. i quickly waddled around the store trying to find a worker. she came, looked at it, but didn't know the price so she called another lady. this lady came, looked at me, and then looked at it and said, "it's $40." REALLY?!?! $40?!?! i didn't wanna smile at her when she said that bcz i didn't wanna chance her increasing her price. i emailed a picture of it to the hubby to see if he approved (since i'll be needing his muscle work to sand it down). after what seemed an eternity, he emailed me back and said, "yes if you like it & there's nothing seriously wrong with it, get it." i checked it, wiggled all the drawers looked at the back - it couldn't be more perfect. after much adieu, here is a picture of it. i would've preferred to do a before & after, but i'm SO excited i found this FOR FOURTY BUCKS that i wanted to make a post about it. i plan on sanding it down, adding a dark stain, new knobs & removing the center drawer doors. it will go in the nursery.

it's massive and all real wood. this picture does not do it justice.

now this is a picture i found on the web, i can't remember if it was from another blog or what, otherwise i would link it, but i like what they've done to this drawer & i was planning on doing something similar to it.