That scrubbed up nicely, and love the addition of the pattern on the top :) You went the extra mile there with the whitewash, I think I would have just painted it with wood oil and called it done XD

Sorr to hear getting finance and things has been a problem and there has been so many hurdles! Such is dramas when buying property though it seems, we've already brickwalled into a couple of things and we're right at the very beginning of stuff that needs doing DX

Hope things smoothe out for you soon :)