Refinish veneer dresser

From shaggy to simply beautiful, this antique dresser just needs TLC. Larissa repairs the damaged veneer & restores the finis.

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

DIY FURNITURE MAKEOVER | FURNITURE REPAIR | HOW TO REPAIR VENEER | DO IT YOURSELF CHALK/MINERAL PAINT When someone gives you an antique dresser for FREE, you don’t turn it down… …no matter how many mismatched knobs it has, and no matter how bad the top is… The veneer on this one was peeling so badly that the only solution was to remove it completely. We didn’t know for sure what we would find underneath, so we just started removing. In this post, you will learn a great way to paint and…

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

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

Here I share how one floral napkin and layered chalk paint completely transformed an old Holland Furniture Co. serpentine dresser that had seen it's better days.

In this step-by-step tutorial, I'll take you through the process of how I gave new life to this once-tired painted dresser.

If you're anything like me, I'm always on the hunt for some good mid century furniture. But if you buy it retail, it's usually pretty pricey. So I've always got my eye on craigslist and thrift stores for those hidden gems. One thing a lot of them have in common though is scratched up veneer.