To Paint or Not To Paint?

My brother-in-law saw this desk sitting next to a dumpster.

He called me and asked if I wanted him to pick it up.

Even though I couldn't see it I, of course, said yes.

This is the desk he brought me.

It was dark green in color and had one drawer,

but the bottom of it was missing.

I immediately had dreams of painting this baby, fixing the drawer, 

replacing the knob and making it beautiful again.

So I took it outside for the first step

in its transformation and started sanding.

It didn't take long before this

 pretty bright green began to show through.

Once I finished sanding the whole thing

with a medium grit paper,

it looked like this -

Kind of neat, huh?

I had planned to give it one more go with a fine sandpaper

and then prime and paint it.

But it's kind of interesting the way it is too.

 I'm torn about what to do with it.

Should I still paint it?

Should I just put a sealing clear coat on it and call it good?

Should I dry brush paint it,

 so some of this color still shows through?

I had planned on distressing it a bit anyways,

but now I just don't know what to do!

Remember this is how it looked when I started -

and this is what it looks like now -

For sure I still need to fix the drawer

and buy a cool new knob,

but as for the paint -

What do you think I should do?