I just bought this "chabby chic" treadle....
 

I paid a bit more than I usually would for a machine, but in the end I think you'll agree it was worth it.

Here it is after i get home from picking it up.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=495096&stc=1

BTW that bonnet is not that color naturally, it is PAINTED that color.... Same with the irons, matching paint.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=495099&stc=1

oh, and the drawers...
http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=495098&stc=1

even inside.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=495100&stc=1

and then there is the top...
http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=495101&stc=1

the "hinge plate"
http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=495102&stc=1

the lock plate...
http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=495103&stc=1

Steve,

You've got your work cut out for you on that cabinet! You didn't show the machine!

Jeanette

oh I didn't forget... muhaha

Oh oh, I made a clean spot.... Here begins the obsessive compulsive disorder

http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=495108&stc=1

and one on the bonnet lid...
http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=495109&stc=1

and then the drawer
http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=495110&stc=1

So here is the treadle after my DD and I both kicked in our OCD for about 7 hours straight.

We'll let this settle in for a bit before I show you the machine that MADE us do this.... :cool:
(the machine needed NOTHING but a dusting... I would not dare to do more to it anyway)

EDIT: This was yesterday, today the irons are apart being stripped and the drawer boxes and drawers are being "un chic'd"

http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=495111&stc=1

Wow! Great job. Who would have thought underneath all that paint would be such a beauty?

good eye steve! I am anxious to see what is under that lid...

I"m pretty amazed - what are you using to remove the paint?

Wow, SteveH. You have uncovered a queen or a King.ha. Gorgeous wood! What kind of wood is this? Cherry or Walnut? You and your Daughter do a wonderful job cleaning them up. I can't imagine the work. Can't wait to see the machine. Barny