Wooden box (Southport PR8)

I was gifted this from the site and tried to strip it back to wood but it is beyond my skills as can be seen on photos
Size width 90 cm
Depth 57 cm
Height 56 cm
Would love it to go to someone who can do a better job than me
The paint is really gunkie and I tried heat gun , paint stripper. Have given up 😢

Fair Chance Policy: I’ll wait before choosing a recipient to give more people a chance to reply.