The dresser table transformation phase 1

I've had this antique dresser table for nearly 20 years in the garage, waiting to be refinished, the same fate it had from its previous owners but just never happened. After such neglect in a damp garage, this poor peice of furniture needed quite a bit of work, including stripping the veneer and some pretty serious warpage to fix, but still a surprizingly solid peice ('They don't make 'em like they use to!' comes to mind). Paint had already been stripped as much as possible when I first got it, which in hindsight would have saved the veneer from the damage incurred by condensation over the years. But voila! After much elbow grease and patience, this is its state thus far. From a faint possibility to possible potential.

Cracked and peeling veneer stripped, wood filler sanded as smooth as possible but left a few dents and chisel marks as I love the idea of the stories they could tell from the abuse it might have endured over its 92 year lifespan. It was once in high fashion, circa 1921, New York State, when Americans would travel a fair distance to Jacksonville NY to the furniture 'Fair' to get high quality, high fashion furniture (more on that in the next post).

Come back for phase 2 to see how it's coming along!