Kitchen Cupboards Needed a Freshening Up

I've painted before, but never done much with wood. So I called my step-dad & FIL for some advice and it turned out not to shabby. I scuffed the wood first with steel wool, applied stain, buffed off the excess after it dried, then the next day applied polyurethane.  I didn't want to take ALL the doors off so I used a rag vs a brush with the poly--less brush strokes & I could control the amount better to avoid drips.  I can tell I still need some touch ups where I missed, but so far it spruced it up nice under the tutelage of my family!!

Before 

After