I just bought a very strange but cute wash stand..I have a traditional and somewhat formal house..The area where it will be in is a little hallway off my husband's office opposite a powder room...It's not in the best condition so I feel I should paint it..White paint wouldn't work as most of the furniture on that part of the house is mahogany and a little on the formal side..I have a very subtle coastal theme going and the back of the wash stand looks like waves to me..I would love to paint it a pretty robin's egg blue but it wouldn't work in that area..too country..So..my dilemma is should I paint it black, or sand it a little and add a finish to spruce it up? I only have a picture of my husbands office that is next to it from when it was being painted..Hope that helps! Thank you!