swan or ugly duck?

recently i purchased a couple of dressers. 

the drawers on one of them were not in great shape.

i thought i could sand and paint them and they would be fine.

i was wrong.  hate when that happens.

old book pages to the rescue.

 i opted just to put them on the bottom four because i liked the floral detail on the top two.

sanded the heck out of them, and then gel stained over the top of them.

swan?  or still an ugly duck?

also loving the look of the concrete floor of my garage.  wish i could get that inside somehow?!  hmmm...