Groovy 1970's Furniture Gets A Refinish | Vintage Furniture Restoration & Repair

In this video I refinish a 1970's cabinet. This is a thrift store find and was made by Lane furniture company.
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[@andy2nine7]

okay, so about 5 mins in, i had a sudden flashback and remember my mom and dad had 2 of these when i was little.

[@brianwood5220]

Time well spent. I think it looks lovely. Thanks for sharing.

[@teret6719]

I remember those, they called them commodes in the 1970s. We had a matching pair for the living room. I knew a commode to be a toilet so I thought it was weird to call an end table a commode. I was born in 1959 so maybe it's just me. How some ever, your work is fabulous!!! That is a beautiful piece of furniture!

[@caroltanzi29]

I think the Lane “commode” looks really good. In the 70’s that was the term we used in the furniture biz. Those types of pieces were all the rage. It was fun to see one restored. Carol from California

[@kathleengarness1660]

They were often used as tables for occasional chairs or recliners. :)

[@justkiddin84]

I thought the ‘commode’ name meant it was round or rounded, but on looking it’s just storage? I remember a lot of folks stacking magazines and records in them, but it would make a good little liqueur cabinet if you don’t have kids.😊

[@justkiddin84]

And just as I said that, Mr Dashner said ‘as long as you don’t spill an alcoholic drink on it.’😂

[@Thepourdeuxchanson]

My Minnesota in-laws called a portable toilet a commode, in France my French family call a sideboard cupboard a commode.

[@PeterRabbit000]

Nicely done! Again!

[@jtsholtod.79]

I admire your Super-gluing risk tolerance (at least for the chip repair). You must have pads of dried glue on your fingers at all times, or be a huge investor in acetone.

[@emilymulcahy]

Really really light grit sand paper or a nail file will take that off without chemicals

[@telegenicz]

I've delt with a lot of super glue fixing various things, it used to really freak me out how it stuck to my skin but I got used to it and the stuff comes off after a few washes (and picking lol) anyways

[@Objet_Dart]

@@emilymulcahy Lava soap or a pumice stone will also do wonders to remove super glue from skin.

[@emilymulcahy]

@@Objet_Dart pumice stone takes more time than a nail file, I both do my own nails and I'm a crafter so I have lots of experience, I have yet to find any pumice soaps that work well and the best I've found is a nail file, it won't hurt if there's an open cut (like if you pulled your fingers apart when they were previously glued and the skin broke) like acetone, it doesn't take lots of time or multiple washes like pumice soaps and it files it off instead of pulling it off like a pumice stone, I find those tend to rip away chunks and further damage skin

[@emilymulcahy]

@@telegenicz same but I can't stand having it on there, it's a texture thing for me, a nail file leaves everything on damaged and my skin smoother immediately

[@cannedangel8550]

It looks very nice after your intervention. I love this tendency to repurpose old pieces. Great work as always. Thank U!!

[@joshclark44]

Rare footage of Minneapolis grass

[@cherylacampora670]

Nicely done!!

[@kathrinekerns8398]

It looks as good as new. I like how you refinish and restore. Very nice.

[@vanessagarcia7865]

I LOVE that you leave the sounds of everything from the scrapping to the sanding and all of it. Great job on this piece as always

[@rayvin357]

So Lane Furniture a-ha. my wife only wanted Lane in 1960 for her hope chest-we still have it and had to only re-glue the small legs that it has. We did have to get rid of all our furniture when i screwed up in business (that is another story) so now we only have it and the side table. refinishing the side table and it exposed at the corners a light colored wood i refinished with tung oil and the contrast is beautiful. so all of our bedroom furn is gone. but we are still here watching your restorations. Keep up the good work.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

You made it beautiful again!

[@jacquibletcher734]

Love it!!!! As always. Lol. If I wasn’t on the other side of the Atlantic I would have been begging to buy it. Great job as always. 😊❤

[@DashnerDesignRestoration]

Thank you!

[@alibuolayyan9038]

Hi from Kuwait . For more than two years I have been following you, I have benefited from a lot of your experiences. Enjoy watching your videos, thank you very much🌹🌹🌹

[@andy2nine7]

thank you for being the reason why i began restoration so long ago 🫡

[@Tim-57]

Hey DD It definitely looks better. Take care

[@DashnerDesignRestoration]

Thank you.

[@sirbrewzalot]

Weird piece but I think I like it. Good place to stash your "party supplies" back in the day.

[@fiberotter]

I had one similar. And yes, record albums standing up with supplies stashed in the corners.

[@jodidavis6595]

Mr.Dasher you are so nice and easy to follow and listen to. Hope you are enjoying your new home and location. 👍🏼❤️

[@loismaddux4800]

It looks very nice!! Another beautiful piece!!❤

[@varinaxoxo4213]

Excellent results as usual. Piece to be enjoyed another 50 years💜💜💜

[@DashnerDesignRestoration]

Thank you.

[@jannamarie3990]

You're being a perfectionist lol. It looks great 😊

[@JimmyandTammy]

Lane is a good company. Nice find. And, great job, as always.

[@MBMINTERIOR]

Your are a genius man. i learnt alot of things from you .i am new youtuber and i watch you this is very helpful for me Thanks buddy

[@elizabethguerra3132]

Very nice sir good job❤

[@stevesmith6554]

Nice work. I love those Lane pieces. Classic designs and hefty looking furniture. Thanks for sharing!

[@TheTygerslair]

Beautiful work on that piece! Wonderful job as usual!

[@bren70ssss94]

Nice piece from my favourite decade , you saved another one 😊

[@DashnerDesignRestoration]

Thanks for watching.

[@Flippingdrawers]

Good stuff 👌

[@howgamer365]

It's so strange seeing you now after all these years of just hearing your voice!

[@stevestogsdill5791]

We had a set of those when I was a kid, except the doors had fancy carving inlays (probably just molded plastic).

[@martihurford]

It’s a perfect single piece for a reading nook.

[@jennyleo82]

My Dad does that hinge trick 👏

[@marymorrison2484]

It looks much better and will have a new lease on life.

[@blujeans9462]

Great job!!

[@DashnerDesignRestoration]

Thank you!

[@dpmeyer4867]

good job

[@Ntyler01mil]

It's interesting that they did that door as one large angled piece instead of just having two doors opening from either side and meeting in the middle.

[@emilymulcahy]

More dardeare=more money

[@katherineharper-sj4ys]

Great job as always. I love the lines of mid century modern furniture and walnut is my favorite wood. So your videos don’t disappoint and are a treat!! Thanks.

[@cliftonmcnalley8469]

Beautiful piece! As a designer, I find most 70's contemporary furniture to be scale appropriate and not "chunky". Chunky really didn't show up until the 80's and then went truly overboard in the 90's. The chunky furniture of the late 60's and 70's wasn't contemporary like this piece, but part of what came to be referred to as "Mediterranean", with mostly very dark stains. By the 70s people were accumulating more "stuff" that required storage that the sparseness of MCM simply didn't provide. End tables became cabinets. More bulk but not necessarily "chunky".

[@justkiddin84]

I think it looks good all over! And you were right not to mess any more with the door-unless you basically wanted to remake the door and some of the edges around it 😊. Hope it finds a good home!❤✌️

[@keepcalmmom]

Lovely

[@TundeEszlari]

Great video.

[@twmcmahan]

That came out as good as any 1970's chonky piece of furniture ever did! good work.

[@pitsnipe5559]

Whenever I see any fashion from the 70’s, whether it’s clothes or decor, I’m so glad I spent the 70’s in the Navy. 😊 as usual, nice work, although I have to say it sounded like your heart wasn’t really in this one.

[@98Zai]

Would love to have this!

[@midcenturyflipper]

Great work! Inspiring. I’m working on my new video where I’m Refinishing a 60s mid-century table 👌🏻

[@peztopher7297]

It looks much better. In the final shots I see what the problem is with the door. The horizontal piece with the magnet is not flush with the corresponding pieces around the top. So it's not the door but that piece that goes across. It would probably be a big hassle to try and true it.

[@magorzatamichalik7078]

Piękna sztuka! gdybym pragnęła przedmioów to właśnie takich! dziękuje

[@KathrinRena]

For the latch, why not shim under the piece that on top of the door? Looks good tho.

[@اماديرأمان]

Great job thanks for you السلام عليكم

[@anniejones2640]

I love your channel. I have always loved your channel because you do such a great job. I also love that I now get to put a face to your very nice voice. But I feel like you phoned it in on this one. I will continue to watch though as I have in the past. 😊

[@janetd4862]

My parents bought a similar shaped table in the 60s (also by Lane). They used it until they both passed away in 2014. I love mid century, but it was just too bulky for my house. They had a Lane bedroom set from the same era, and I didn’t keep that, either. The drawers were too shallow for my needs, and the headboard was too small. I only kept the mirror, as it was separate.

[@ramona14220]

My parents had one too.

[@leewood729]

Perfection is the enemy of good. It looks lovely, much better than when you started. I think you're probably more critical of your work than is your audience. Enjoyable video, as always. Kia kaha, from Aotearoa.

[@jeffgoldenberg9579]

Has a sort of Frank Lloyd Wright aesthetic to it. Great job.

[@82gamerprincess31]

We had 3 similar pieces growing up and all 3 had wonky doors. It’s so heavy of a door that over time it just sags like an old fence gate lol.

[@cprooks]

I Love It When KZbin Just Shows Pixels And You Can't Make Out The Details

[@chandrasekharakula-m9z]

I would prefer to rework on the hinges and narrow the gap on door. at the end finish was good, nice work

[@vickiel914]

I have something similar. It is made of particle board and pretty sure a wood paper finish on the top. It is all bubbled and horrible looking. I just threw a piece of dark glass over it. Lol. I've thought about sanding it down, but not now. I was also go to take the door off and put a blanket in there and see if my dog would go in there or put there toys in there. Yours turned out nice. 😊

[@lesliecas2695]

It's a cabinet!

[@DashnerDesignRestoration]

Yeeesssssss!!!!!

[@toddylu6869]

Blotchy, schlochy… no one will really notice except you and us…. And we aren’t talkin’. I always learn something. Sometimes I am pleased and surprised when I guess what you are doing next.

[@dawnk107]

This video is timed perfectly for me. I just picked up the exact same table last week. Mine is similar to yours in that the legs are in better shape than the sides and top. Thanks so much for the tip to just leave the legs. What brand and color of stain did you use?

[@toriam15]

👏👏👏👏 good job!

[@lauranellburch9774]

In your early videos you never showed your face. You're so handsome and natural on camera. Good call to discuss the pieces on camera. It gives human relatable connection and a better feel to the story of each piece, which always turns out fabulous. I learn a lot from you, thank you.

[@calgal8915]

Furniture was dark and heavy in the 70’s. Some of it looked medieval.

[@calgal8915]

@@lizday8140 my grandparents had dark furniture too, but not that heavy stuff. I still like dark pieces because of them.

[@buddybighandsome1159]

😎

[@pattianndt8086]

Instead of using a scraper would sandpaper work? I’m always nervous about making grooves in the wood with a scraper.

[@gydaanderson332]

It looks good! You are too critical of your work.😊

[@oanabotisan2552]

You do really beautiful work, I really like your technique and attention to detals. I just wish you did revconversions, too... in order to steal more of your practice. Because sometimes is such a difficult thing to reconvers a piece of furnuture that you never had contact before. I have this table that has almost a teflon finifh, I tried sand it down , use plastic primer and water base colors and finish (i find that those are magic, they stay on everything without primer but on this tabke it didn't. DO you have any ideas how to do something to this table. It;s kinda driving crazy a bit,, and i had such a beautuful design for, it,,..inspirated somehow by alice in wonderland

[@alikivrohidis1725]

Im refinishing a MCM piece and keep seeing certain articles/people saying lacquer + toner. Is there a reason why I can’t use a gel stain like this?

[@cecilyerker]

I used to have a hexagonal cabinet like this with a slate top. My dogs constantly peed on it. It was also way too bulky.

[@TheUncleRuckus]

A little tip for anyone if you get Super Glue on your fingers use Sandpaper or a Cardboard Nail File and sand it down to remove it. It works quite well and it doesn't harm the skin or smell to high heaven like solvents do. 👍👍

[@walkertongdee]

lane was affordable decent furniture.

[@rurimuni2937]

Could you have just flipped the door over and moved the locking bit of steel?

[@DigginDan]

Oh, so that's what you look like!

[@fiberotter]

Every piece I have seen from the 70s that has doors like that, they all get that way. It was just a bad design. I am from the 70s so by the 80s that was the cast off furniture we had when building our lives.

[@Barbie4U2]

Hold on, I have a question. Didn’t you used to have a ton more videos? Also, where is your first video? TIA

[@DashnerDesignRestoration]

I have a little over 100 videos. They’re all still there.

[@Barbie4U2]

I could have sworn you had videos from 8 years ago? Maybe I’m just confused, lol. Never mind! Great video by the way.

[@DashnerDesignRestoration]

@@Barbie4U2 Thanks. My first video was 2015. It’s still up.

[@motortowncuriosites7005]

This Dashnerd says well done !. You do nice work on the color corrections. It can be hard to bring colors back in line after fading and damage has occured.

[@booboobingbang]

Dashnerd!!!😂

[@margotjones7168]

It looks great! I remember hating this chunky style of furniture in the 80's and 90's, but now I find myself mooning over these restored post-modern pieces when I see them. You did a fine job on this one!

[@WilldoAldone]

Great job on this little 70s table. I like it. Ive noticed that these 70s end tables are getting a second look nowadays among vintage buyers, especially if found in pairs.Thank you for posting your work skills.

[@DashnerDesignRestoration]

70’s furniture does seem to be making a comeback in the area I live in.

[@darrenbrand1554]

70’s furniture is 🔥 right now!

[@justkiddin84]

Better have a strong back for the bigger pieces😂, it’s as heavy as it looks.

[@debsmith2269]

I know I have a vivid imagination, but I was expecting it to walk away. It sorta reminds me of a very simplified R2D2😆

[@MrPeteykins]

My parents had a very similar hexagonal stereo cabinet in the 70s but it had darker wood and an inlaid slate top. It was very ugly! This one here is a lot nicer.

[@michaeltreadwell777]

What an unusual design of table, but it's nice. Obviously you did a great job on it and revived it for another lease of life. Thanks for sharing - always a pleasure to watch. Take care 🙂

[@justkiddin84]

These were really common in the seventies-the shape is versatile, it can sit out in the middle of the room or next to the wall-no unfinished side. They were good for stacking records in also.

[@hpot53]

It does look much better. My wife and I had one similar to that one when got married in 1976. Always enjoy your videos!

[@thebigone6071]

You’re a straight genius fam! Question: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever found in a piece of old furniture? Maybe a human finger?

[@darrenbrand1554]

😂

[@Vikingwerk]

Spoken like a person who donated a nightstand to a thrift store with a human finger hidden in it.

[@thebigone6071]

@@Vikingwerk oh hell nah fam! I’m too poor to donate anything! I’m broke asf!

[@FtG-1001]

I have one of these! Plus a coffee table and end table. We call it "the octagonal" despite being 6-sided. I refinished them just 2 years ago. (And found that the kids had written insults to each other on the underside of the coffee table.) Came out great. Owned them since 1978, The top is definitely the part that gets damaged. more so than the others.

[@BJo4230]

That's cute piece I have a octagon shape wooden piece like this but the door open up like cabinet doors.

[@bloggalot4718]

Thanks for posting, I look forward to all your videos.

[@loisbolton1800]

Another opportunity to spend some time watching you upgrade & renew a beaten up beauty. Thanks for sharing your time with us. ❤

[@furlvr1961]

You did a great job! A definite improvement! ...another superb refinishing. ❤ Love the color!

[@167curly]

A nice restoration there.

[@bennyfactor]

chunky, yet funky!

[@Zindiekid]

You're the best

[@mumzieshideout3555]

You are causing your self extra stress you don't need sir, it is a "Beautiful" piece of furniture, due to your craft, and your workmanship. Bravo Sir!💖

[@alanatolstad4824]

I'm wondering...what will happen if someone were to spill an alcoholic drink on the finish?---I love those cameo shots!

[@DashnerDesignRestoration]

Alcohol is the solvent for shellac so it would dissolve the finish.

[@designabeej]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@lancejames9228]

This is great. So glad for the upload

[@mirothiel8039]

Looks almost like new. Love the result. Glad you raised the door a little though. It was bugging me. Couldn’t unsee it.

[@Mary-oc5ns]

Love your videos, great job!

[@DashnerDesignRestoration]

Thank you!

[@doug4bears]

Hey Dash....your work always looks awesome!!!

[@shirleyannconfer9651]

The transformation just from the gel stain is mind boggling. It looks so rich. The fill sticks are probably mostly colored wax. They look like the wax sticks that were used with metal stamps to seal documents and letters. You’ve got to love thrift stores! I found my wedding dress in one 45 years ago for TEN BUCKS. My grandmother dropped the phone when I told her. I also found a working lava lamp in the same store about a decade later for five dollars.