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Love this piece! Personally, because of the fabulous wood grain on the drawers, and I like the herringbone design, I'd sand and create the herringbone design by staining. For the outside, I'd paint it. Because the surfaces are flat, it would be fairly easy to sand if you get tired of the design. Great find. Do what you think you'll love as you are the one to be living with it.

I have one similar to the one posted. I love it. We use it all the time for pancakes and bacon; hamburgers, chicken, steak and kabobs. One thing I have learned is when cooking meat and kabobs, make a tinfoil tent. it will help keep the heat closer to the food. I have a gas stove and keep the heat at medium, medium low. The only problem I do have is setting off the fire alarms with the smoke, but opening the window and the kitchen door solves that problem (most of the time.)

I LOVE it! I have a cute 1940's style apartment that I can't paint. by using poster putty, I think this would be a fabulous idea to spruce up the staircase with the avacado green runner that I can't touch.

I've also seen a bathroom wall tiled with 1" tile swatches as a feature. So adorable!

Funny the post says "too brown". I spray painted all of my bedroom furniture chocolate. Looked fabulous.

The metal knobs that were on the dressers were also looking sad, so I spray painted those in a brushed silver. Used plain old spraypaint and it still holds up well. (it's been 3 years)

when splurging on a take-out salad at lunch for work I omit the croutons and about 1/2 the cheese and wrap it into a pita or tortilla. Just makes life easier. For the most part, I make salads at home (as they taste better and are more nutritious then resteraunts) and make the pieces actually bite size.

I agree with operagirlcooks. I just grab the kitchen towel. I can adjust the thickness to what I'm pulling out of the oven and it's way easier to grasp than trying to use any potholder. For trivets, I do have a couple of vintage basketweave circles and a cast iron trivet, but they are mostly for decoration.

ooohhh... pretty... Love it!

^ I was just about to write the same thing! Thanks for the opportunity!

absolutely fabulous!

Have been asking and asking my family for years for a cast iron pot. Would LOVE to add this to my kichen!!