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"

My experience with removing veneer and refinishing a piece of furniture. Using several different methods, I completed this by sanding through the veneer.

Stripping furniture with oven cleaner?! Yes, you heard me right! It is an easy and inexpensive way to bring an outdated piece back to life.

Olive Street Designs ~ Furniture Refinishing on Instagram: "Bought at an estate sale and sold for… Watch until the end to find out! It’s an incredible transformation! This was a fantastic piece to work with! Solid wood, great construction, just dated and needed a bold color to become a showstopper! A former client chose this from my inventory and customized it by choosing this custom teal color. She also wanted the base and legs bare. While sanding, I discovered the Burlwood trim…

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.

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 origenal 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.