Furniture refinishing requires a consideration for both the desired look of the piece as well as the type wood the furniture is constructed of. Certain wood types just don't look right in certain finishes. In addition to considering these two factors when refinishing an antique, you need to consider the age and condition of the antique. Some wood furniture is more delicate than other types furniture so you need to be much more careful or maybe a better word is delicate during the refinishing process.

You need to be particularly careful when refinishing fine wood veneer pieces as you can go straight to the substrate, not a good thing. Fine veneer furniture is among the most difficult types of furniture to refinish. If you are in need of antique furniture refinishing, let us take a look at the piece. We can then tell you whether 1) the piece of furniture can be refinished and 2) the approximate cost of the project. If your antique needs some repair before refinishing, check out some of my antique furniture repair pics.