Lane Mid Century Modern Tuxedo Bedroom Set

We found this back in 2022. Stored it in our inventory for a while. John and I knew it was going to take some time to restore. I definitely wasn’t going to paint it. I did have it up in my custom collection for some time. But decided to pull it, I didn’t know how it was going to look once stained. So, didn’t want to make any promises to a client that I wasn’t sure about on finish. It had worn finish wear. The dresser and master dresser had glass tops with no protection so it worn down the finish bad.

Original bow tie hardware. That was very worn and tons of oxidation on all handles. We had to remove all that and wash them. After that I primed, painted, and sealed them.

The original stain was gunstock. Walnut veneer with rosewood bow tie and ebony overlay.

The sides of the drawers, grooves on drawers, tops of drawers, and inner bottom cabinet area are painted in a brown color.

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Here is the dresser and nightstands stripped. I forgot to get one of the large master chest.

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Whole set fully restored. I had to use different stain colors and bases to get the color I wanted. I didn’t like the gunstock color it previously had. The wood was lighter in certain areas. That was tricky to do. I don’t use toner, because I don’t like the way it looks. That’s just my preference though.

My finishes are sanded down for a smooth finish. It took about two to three weeks to get this set fully completed.

Painted the handles in a dark brown paint. I didn’t like the original finish. It has silver fronts. It just threw everything off for me.

The cabinet doors were tricky. That is where some of the wood was different from the veneer.

Top coated everything in multiple layers of semi gloss sealer.

Painted the grooves on the drawers, sides of drawers, and inner bottom cabinet areas in a dark brown paint.

Cleaned and oiled the inner cabinet shelf areas.

Dovetailed drawers.

It even has the original Lane tag with all the details of the Tuxedo line in it. They made buffets, chairs, mirrors, table sets, in this line. The quality we use to have in furniture making was amazing. All USA produced. Manufacturers in the USA poured so much in these pieces. Hopefully, one day we get all that back. Manufacturing in the USA.

Finishing off with a before and after.

Looks much better. It feels so good to finally get this completed. Thanks for looking!

Vintage Directorie Triple Drawer Dresser

I had this one in my inventory for 8 years. I didn’t have it up fir customization either. Just put it up last year to be customized. It didn’t get any takers, so I did my own design on it.

It had tons of damage. Veneer chipping. Drawers not closing correctly. Missing hardware. Some hardware was bent.

We sanded it down, repaired the missing veneer, filled in the scratches and dents, positioned the top mid hardware holes to the center of the drawers. Then, I primed, painted, and sealed it. Added new hardware.

Looks so much better! I did save that vintage hardware. Hopefully, I can use it on one that’s missing them.

Antique Oak Buffet with Mirror

This was a custom order for Karen. She wanted her oak buffet painted in a satin black with hardware polished to a silver. Here below is the before.

It didn’t need much repair. The repair we did do was the inner drawers. They had a gap in the back. We sanded it all down. Oak buffets are fairly simple to sand down as long as there isn’t a heavy sealer on top.

The black used was General Finishes Lamp Black. Then added a few coats of a satin sealer.

Hardware was scrubbed down to a beautiful silver.

We polished the inner cabinets and drawers with Wise Owl furniture salve.

It was beautiful before, but painted black looks so elegant.

Karen loved it and that always makes me so happy!

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Candy

Customer Order..Dorian Gray Italian Provincial Dresser

I started up customer orders on a case to case basis.

I had stopped for 10 months to get some of my 

own pieces out for sale.  Plus, started a new format on how I will be 

taking customer orders now too.

This was her husbands childhood dresser that he had

since he was 5 year sold!

They wanted it in Dorian Gray with a dark stained top.

Before above.  Had some veneer damage on one of the drawers and top 

corner side.

We repaired all the missing chipped veneer.  

Sanded it down.

Stripped the top.

Primed it.

Stained the top in Kona.  

It came out beautiful with all that grain showing.

Painted in Dorian Gray.

She wanted to keep the original hardware.

I think it was an excellent choice too.

Top coated everything in a satin sealer.

Looks amazing! Her husband was so happy with the outcome too!

 

Mid Century Modern Emphasis Buffet.....

  Broyhill made amazing mid century furniture back in the 70s.  

I just love the Broyhill mid century modern in the Emphasis line. 

 How the whole legs are built in...then sculpted all the way down...

gorgeous!

Most mid century modern have the screwed in base.  I mean love those too! 

These just have a design to them that has detail but not too much.

Here is the before below.  It didn't have the original wood sculpted 

handles.  Most where broken or totally gone.

We filled in the carved out wood from the original hardware.  

Then I painted the drawers black.  

Added new modern hardware in aged brass.

Then I added some pop to the cabinet area.

Matte black vine wallpaper with yellow birds.

Cleaned up the wood finish with some dark walnut stain.

Sealed everything in a semi gloss sealer.

SOLD!

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Mid Century Modern Painted....

Had this dresser for some time now.  I'd say a few years?

It wasn't taken care of, I knew it would have to be painted.

Those top stains were horrible.

So, we stripped it down.

Stains didn't go away.  I knew they wouldn't.

Repaired some chips and loose veneer.

Primed.

I decided to paint it in black bamboo.

Then I added new champagne gold modern knobs.

Sealed in a semi gloss sealer.

Stained the bottom legs in dark walnut.

SOLD!

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Before, Stripped, After!

 

Italian Provincial In Dorian Gray....

Had this Italian Provincial highboy for 3 years.  The dresser I sold as is.

This one had missing hardware.  So, I couldn't list it as is.  

I finally have time to get to my project pieces now that I've 

discontinued my customer orders. Yay!!

Before above and below.

Stripped it down and sealed in the old hardware holes.

We made new holes for the new hardware.

After I primed it, I painted it in Dorian Gray.

I purchased new modern hardware in aged bronze.

I had to get smaller hardware for the top

 4 drawers and larger for the bottom 2 drawers.

Coin shelf is removable.

SOLD!

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Before, during, and after!

Love the new modern updated look!

 

Black Antique Aged China Cabinet.......

I had this antique china cabinet made by Rockford Furniture in 

my inventory since the beginning of the year.  I listed it in the very good as is condition. 

As you can see above.  It did't sell as is.  

So I removed the glass cabinet doors on the front.

Keeping the doors and will be painting them soon.

Sealed in the punch locks on the bottom and top that locked the door in place.

I painted it in black and distressed the edges.

Sealed in a sprayed flat sealer.

Kept hardware original.

Shelves are all removable.  Top doesn't detach though, it's all one piece.

SOLD!

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Before/After!

 

Mid Century Modern Restoration on Dresser....

This was the matching mid century dresser that 

went with the previous highboy dresser and single nightstand we 

also restored last week.

Although, both of those sold already.

Anyway, here is the before on this vintage mcm

made by United Furniture.

It had lots of wear on top.

John stripped it all down.  We also stripped the wood handles too.

I stained it all in dark walnut.

Sealed in a semi gloss sheen.

SOLD!

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Before, stripped, and after.

Restored United Mid Century Modern Highboy Dresser....

We restored this Mid Century Modern 

highboy dresser, made by United Furniture.

Before above and below.

We stripped it all down and repaired some

chips.

Wood grain is beautiful!

Stained in Dark Walnut.

Love how the top came out lighter than the 

rest.

Sealed in semi gloss sprayed sealer.

✨SOLD✨

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Before/After!

Vintage United Mid Century Modern Dresser Restored...

I could've listed this as is if it didn't have so much

damage and wear.

Before above, it looks good from the pictures.

Top looked like they tried to sand it down but 

sanded it wrong.  See the scraps going horizontal. 

The top back edge needed veneer repair we had to fill that in.  

Two of the interior middle drawer bottoms 

where thin a brittle.  

See the top looked bad.

We repaired everything, added new interior drawer bottoms to 

the middle drawers.  

Then stripped everything.

Removed the wood handles. Stripped those.

Added a new wood back.  The old back was worn.

I stained it all in dark walnut.

Sealed everything in a semi gloss sprayed sealer.

I even stained the back and sealed that also.

I don't usually do this but I it was a new board.

✨SOLD✨

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Then, during, and after.

Restored Broyhill Mcm Dresser....

I actually have the matching chest in the previous post.

Rare Broyhill Mid Century Modern Dresser

in the Accent line.

Before above and below.

We did a full restoration on this. Had more damage

than I felt comfortable with.

Chips on the back from the mirror (which has sold).

Chipped veneer on sides.

Chipped and split on top corner.

We stripped it all down after repairs.

Wood is a different on the middle drawers

and cabinet doors.  So the stain came out darker.

I use full stain and don't mess with toners.  Too much time

to work with that and I would have to charge higher on my price.

Not going to do that, not worth it to me.

Repaired cracks.

I stained in dark walnut.  

This has 12 drawers total.

Sealed in water based sprayed semi gloss.

Painted hardware gold, remember it was silver.  

Gold looks way better.  Silver looked too office type.

I love the darker middle wood, it sets it apart from the rest.

SOLD!

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Before, during, and after below!

Broyhill Mid Century Modern Highboy Dresser....

Restored this vintage 1967 Broyhill 

Mid Century Modern Highboy Dresser.

It's from the Accent line.  Rare and hard to 

find piece/  I was going to just clean it up.

Before above and below.

But it had more damage than I thought.  

A clean up wouldn't have helped at all.

If it was just minor finish issues, yeah a clean up would work.

But chipped veneer and large chips..we had to restore.

So, I decided to do a full restoration on it.

We repaired all the damaged areas.

Missing veneer, bent split top edges.

Worn finish on top.

Stripped after repaired.

Then I stained it in dark walnut.

Painted hardware in gold because I didn't 

like the silver original color.  Gold just pops

against dark walnut.

Sealed in a semi gloss water based sprayed 

sealer.

Purchased new gold screws to match the gold.

Remember the originals where silver.

SOLD!

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 Before, during and after below!

Restored Mid Century Modern Highboy Dresser...

This mid century modern we found needed some work.

I also didn't like the original hardware.

We repaired the chips and stripped it all down.

That raw wood looks so beautiful.

I stained it in dark walnut.

Added new modern pulls in a matte gold.

Sealed in a semi gloss sprayed sealer.

The inner drawers had some old stain spots in them.

Not all drawers just some.  Tried to sand them off but didn't 

come off.  Contact paper could be applied but that's up to the buyer.

It would be at an additional cost.

The 4th drawer handle is the pull out from under the drawer.

It was meant to not have hardware in the original design.

The brass tips on front legs I painted in matte

gold to match the new hardware.  

 

✨SOLD✨

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Before and After!

Updated Antique Buffet...

This is a customers piece.  She wanted her antique buffet

painted white.  

She also wanted the decor in the middle removed.

John came up with the idea to flip it.

She also wanted repairs on the chipping veneer on each

side of the buffet.

We repaired the sides along with other areas we 

seen that needed attention.  

Tighten the top of the buffet because it was loose.

Sanded it all down, then primed it.

Painted in Benjamin Moore White.

Polished the tear drop pulls.

Sealed in a semi gloss sealer.

She didn’t want the inside painted.

Looks amazing!

Before/After below!

United Mid Century Modern Dresser...

Got this vintage very wide mid century modern 

dresser in a month ago.  It had damage on top.  

I knew it was going to be trouble getting it out.

It was.  But it looks better than it did when we stripped the top.

Before above.

After below.

I matched the stain almost exact.  Which I thought was 

going to be the hardest part.  Turned out it was the easiest! 

Fully restored the top.  Cleaned up the rest.

Then sealed everything in a semi gloss sprayed sealer.

Made by United.  This brand is by far the best vintage 

brand I noticed.  The quality is amazing.

Everything is solid wood.  They usually make longer

dressers too.  This one is one of the longer ones.

At 74” wide.

Wood handles on cabinet doors and middle drawers.

The middle drawers are wide with smaller drawers 

on the ends behind the gorgeous cabinet doors.

The top grain is so beautiful.  The spot is still on the top.

But it’s not as bad as it was.  It kinda goes with all 

the natural wood patterns.

Has a very unique curved front design.  

Sits on a wood frame with slayed out legs.

Awesome curved sides with thick long hinge

for the cabinet doors.

✨SOLD✨

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Before and After!

Mid Century Modern Coffee End Table Set...

We got this mid century modern matching 

coffee and end table set in.  

It needed some restoration on the tops.

Pictures above and below.

Both made by Merman.  

Sanded down the tops and stained them.

Then cleaned up the bottom  legs.

Sealed everything in a semi gloss water based 

sealer.  

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Before/After!

Antique Buffet Redesigned to Modern....

I had this antique french buffet for two years in 

my inventory.  It had a hutch that was removable.

I’ll be making that into a stand alone shelf soon.

Before above and below.

Tons of cabinet space!

Removed the green felt boards from drawers on top.

We removed the french hardware.  I wanted this

to be look more modern farmhouse.  

Sealed in all the older hardware holes, pinholes, 

all the knick and dents we could see.

Stripped the top.

I painted it in lamp black by general finishes milk paint.

Purchased new modern knobs.  These are my absolute 

favorite knobs!  

Sealed in semi gloss sealer.

✨SOLD✨

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Look at that before and after!  

I’m loving how gorgeous this turned

out!

Italian Provincial Updated in Black Bamboo..

I had purchased this dresser with a matching chest 

of drawers.  I was going to work on it eventually.

A customer wanted to come view a 

restored mcm dresser I had done for her nursery.

She seen this one and wanted to know what my 

plans where for it.  I told her my design and she

wanted first dibs on it before I list.

Before above.

I removed the plastic decor pieces on the top drawers.

Sanded it all down because the original finish was chipping 

and worn.

Sealed in all the holes from the plastic decor 

and older hardware holes.

I had purchased new modern updated hardware for this one.

Added the new hardware holes.

I painted it in my new favorite color called

Black Bamboo.  It looks darker in this picture.

It's more of a softer army green color.  I love it!

Sealed in a sprayed flat sealer.

New antique bronze modern hardware.

Her and her husband loved it!  So it was purchased, couldn't list it!

Before and after below.

Vintage Mid Century Modern in Navy....

I was planning on restoring this vintage BASSETT 

mid century modern dresser.  It needed some work.  

I'm not one of those sellers that just cleans up 

a piece and leaves chipped veneer 

then lists it at a high prices.

I would feel so guilty for doing that.  

It's getting absolutely ridiculous on some prices we see on 

some damaged pieces.

We repair them, which we have learned from our years of doing this.

We work hard and this is why my work is higher than most.

Look at the picture below and above as these are the before.

Chipped veneer.  We repair those, along with everything

else we see that needs attention.  Yes, it takes time.

Yes, it's not an easy flip.  Most vintage pieces are not I've learned

through my 10 years of doing this.

So, after we repair we strip it or sand it.

Stripped below though because I was planning on 

restoring with stain.

Repaired veneer.  We finished at the end of the day and I was about

to get to the staining the next morning.

But, a customer contacted me that night and 

wanted to know if I had any mcm 6 drawer dressers.

I told her about this one I was working on.  

Although, she wanted it painted navy. 

I primed it the next day.

Then I painted it in latex Benjamin Moore old navy for her.

Sealed in a semi gloss sprayed sealer.

I suggested staining the legs in a dark walnut.

She loved that idea.

I'm so proud of our finishes.  It isn't easy, it takes a lot of work.

I am up for the challenge every time.  I want to be proud of what we put out.

Looks amazing...

It will be heading to it's new home in a few days!

Before/After!