we have been needing one more bookshelf to hold the rest of our unpacked books and also a place to store our albums. so we have been keeping an eye out for both as we traveled through local yard tag sales.

when we came across an old record player shelving unit for $5 a few weekends ago we just couldn’t pass it up. it would be perfect for both records and books! it is good and solid (read: heavy) and is perfectly sized for its intended wall space. it was a little beat up, scratched up, but i remembered this post on ugly agnes’ blog. we figured some old english couldn’t hurt, and maybe it would shine it up a bit.

when we got to the hardware store, i was shocked. “seven dollars?!? and for such a tiny bottle!?! the shelving unit is over 4 feet tall, and we only paid five bucks for it, how many bottles of this stuff are we going to need?” i whined wondered. tom calmed me down and claimed that you only need to use a tiny bit. he even claimed that his mom has probably been using the same bottle of old english since he was little (and you know how many wooden chairs she has adopted and shined up) i was skeptical, but slapped down the cash and went to work on the shelf.

well, let me tell you old english,

i am sorry i ever doubted you. the transformation was amazing and i only used up about a half inch of the bottle’s content. and i polished the entire thing.

i now have plans to old english the entire house. hand me a rag and let me loose.