This set of dressers looks like it has really taken a beating! The tall dresser doesn't stand up straight and the drawers are completely falling apart. The short dresser isn't in much better condition.
In addition the 'birds eye maple' veneer is flaking off of the sides of both dressers and the tops of the dressers have water damage to the finish which is worn very thin. These dressers needed a complete over haul. They started out with having the old finish stripped off so that we could get down to the raw wood. Once this happened we began on the extensive repairs. All the drawer joints had to be taken apart and glued back together. Some of the drawer bases were broken and needed to be replaced. The drawer glides had to be worked on so that the drawers could slide in and out smoothly.
And then we have the veneer issues to deal with..
The old veneer was so badly damaged that we had to replace it most of it on both of the dressers. Both tops received new veneer treatment as well as the sides of both dressers. Bird's Eye Maple veneer is a very high end veneer with namesake 'eyes' scattered all over creating a beautiful ribbony appearance.
Once the many repairs were done the dresser set was stained with a Honey Maple stain and finished with a Satin sheen finish. While we would have put any color/sheen combination that our client wanted onto this set, we are very happy they chose the way they did. Honey Maple and Satin are truely the perfect combination to highlight the gorgeous Bird's Eye veneer. We couldn't be more happy with how this set turned out.
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