Refinished desk

I have a little hobby refinishing furniture. Its a developing skill that is almost always too stressful, but for some reason I love doing it (actually it is because I love turning something not so pretty into something a little more beautiful).
I bought a desk from a lady off of craigslist. Her hubby tried to refinish it but it was looking bad, so she decided to sell it. I could tell it was a little hard for her to see it go but she was happy I was going to finish it. Here is my desk after I sanded the top.


And after a lot more sanding, three coats of stain and shiny stuff:
(I will organize the cords later so just ignore them)


Notice the missing handle? Little miss was playing with them while I was working on the desk and now there are only three handles. I was planning to replace them in the future anyway.