Having been asked to knock together a small set of drawers in abit of a
rush ... I have constructed them from soft pine with MDF insert in the sides
(think along the lines of a shaker style cabinet door). It's from what was
available in the shop rather than personal choice. Given more time, I would
have picked better materials all round, but such is life.

Before I dive in with some random finish, I wondered what the thoughts might
be for putting a finish on this so that the pine and MDF don't appear too
different, but that it's still a bit of a feature. If it's any bearing, the
person who this is for has primarily got quite dark colour furniture.

Also, I need to note that my local area lacks a "serious" hardware store so
finishes need to come from the standard "off the shelf" type products that
you might find in somewhere like B&Q, for instance.

I guess that I should also point out that I am a relative newbie to
woodwork.

Any help appreciated.

Though not my proudest project, I will post a couple of before/after
pictures.

Thanks

Sean