I was very fortunate when I had my cabinet re-done. Hubs sandblasted and repainted my irons. My grandmother had 'antiqued' them with some combination of white and gold paint (including the wood). Friend of ours teaches wood working at the local boys 'reform school' and those boys did an amazing job of stripping and refinishing the wood of that cabinet. Now if I could just get past my fear and off my lazy butt and refurb the machine I got for that cabinet!