First time furniture refinisher

Original young girls bedroom room furniture from 1980s? was yellow and green colored. Purchased for $150.00 at estate sale. With about $250.00 investment in paint and supplies slowly restoring one piece at a time. Used Valspar Chalky Paint-Her Daintiest, to refinish with pink and green chalk paint accents on carved designs. Drawer pulls marker Keeler Brass NO 8025, NO 8026. where boiled in water and baking soda to strip paint and left with specs if original paint intact to give aged look. This bedroom suite is slowly transforming into a sweet and lovely addition to my daughters room.