Wood veneer furniture makeover

Connor Sweeney | Furniture Flipper on Instagram: "Feeling a bit nostalgic with this chest since the first piece of furniture I ever flipped was also a storage chest 🥹 By an absolute stroke of luck I grabbed this Lane Cedar Chest (with original tags) on @facebookmarketplace for only $25 🍀 My inital plan was to sand the entire piece down and lighten the wood, but with my expertise I sanded right through the veneer 🤡 After some deliberatation I decided paint was the only option. For some…

I was amazed at what was underneath all that veneer on this wood dresser. I'll never walk away from veneer damage ever again.

Learning how to remove veneer on antique furniture isn't hard at all if you have the right tools. The hardest part is determination.

Unsure how to tell veneer from solid wood? Check out this handy list the next time you are not sure about that piece of furniture.

Jessica May Smith on Instagram: "why I didn’t paint this 👇🏼 it’s SOLID wood—no veneer, no plywood, just solid mahogany boards that can be refinished tens of times over the next 80 years. Did I do it justice?! Comment details do you have all the products I used for this job since straight to your inbox! ✨ #furnituredesign #mahoganydresser #refinishedmahogany #refinishedfurniture #strippedfurniture #furnituremakeover #nashville #tennessee"

Painting or staining wood veneer on furniture or cabinets is a great way to change the color to suit your home decor. Unlike solid wood, wood veneer is delicately thin and can be easily chipped and damaged if subject to aggressive sanding and stripping, so extra care is required in refinishing a wood veneer piece.

If you've ever passed-up an amazing piece of furniture due to peeling or chipped veneer - this post is for you! I'm living proof that these types of repairs aren't that difficult!

Have some old, outdated furniture you want to update? Make it look brand new by learning how to spray paint veneer furniture with a paint gun

I had this ugly duckling dropped off about a year ago (maybe longer than a year) with two other dressers. I have, since then, painted and sold the other dressers, but this beast has sat in my garage forever. I knew a lot of work was going to be needed for this piece to be even remotely presentable, so it sat and sat. Look at it. It's just straight up fugly. No other way to put that. I just recently had my husband help me pull this beast onto our porch, so I could try and figure out somethi

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