There was a purpose for the old dark varnish - I'll explain later! This is what the dresser looked like when I was a growing up. I can still see it in Grandma & Grandpa's bedroom. Stripping this old varish was not fun! What was fun however, was the time spent thinking about my grandparents while working on the project: Driving them to Seattle when I was 16, when they came to our house to visit after Church every Sunday, and more.