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!

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.

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 Mirror Stand from Harvey Damage...

Previous client contacted us in December 2017

and wanted us to restore their hall mirror.

It was damaged in the harvey storm.

We'll be doing the mirror later.

They loved it!  Made me so happy:)