Restoring a Painted Mid-Century Modern Dresser

In this makeover, I take a refinished dresser back in time to its original wooden glory.Show more

This dresser was floating around on Facebook Marketplace for weeks before I stumbled across it. The seller had written that it would be perfect for a refinishing project, and that's exactly what I picked it up for. This piece was constructed with 100% solid elm -- even the sides of the drawers -- which is a rare and valuable find, so I had to go with a full wood stain restoration to bring out the beautiful grains. It had been previously chalk painted with some stenciling on the door; the chalk paint was peeling and chipping everywhere, due to a lack of proper prep work on the wood prior to painting. This made it quite easy to just scrape off most of the paint, with some help of a paint stripper.

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- Andy from Modern Makeovers

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Tiny Detail Sander: https://amzn.to/3ApHVlc
Wood Epoxy: https://amzn.to/2TkYM8m
Pre-Stain Wood Conditioner: https://amzn.to/3oxJDM2
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Stain (Golden Oak 210B): https://amzn.to/3BcYVf7
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