Not Sure How I Feel About This One

[@DashnerDesignRestoration]

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[@T_P_343]

What kind of scraper do you use?

[@Donteatacowman]

This piece feels so storied. Like it's already had a bunch of lives. The legs off and then on, the handles changed, holding a server... It's also very cool seeing how different hobbies/crafts MacGyver things (eg the dental floss) to do whatever needs to be done.

[@deadiemeyers1661]

I am not a wood worker, but I am a quilter. In the quilting world there is a much loved expression: "Finished is better than perfect!" Sometimes the finished product is greater than the sum of its parts. I personally think this refurbished cabinet is very lovely, and I would be thrilled to own it. 😊

[@DashnerDesignRestoration]

Thank you.

[@JamieM470]

Well said! I would also be thrilled to own it! I love seeing old & abused furniture restored to beauty. Great job.

[@nomadine85]

I misread that as “quitter” and had to read it again 😅

[@TheGooglyminotaur]

@@nomadine85 same, but I felt it more before I figured it out. 🎉

[@tmm6884]

I needed to hear that while trying to complete my first day project. I painted the sane 3 pine dressers for months! It was misery. They look fine, but fine was killing me. But, they're finished.

[@a.r.g.1478]

I agree with a lot of the other comments on this one: the live narration is great. Feels way more personal and engaging. Nice work, as always 👍

[@caroltanzi29]

Steven: your restoration was exceptional on this piece. You were up against a lot of issues and handled them well. As an interior designer, I was sorry that that hardware piece went missing. (Although I do understand how that happens.) This piece can fit into many types of rooms and can be very functional besides looking really good. Super! Carol from California

[@thompson1374]

I’m wondering if the hardware piece ever showed up. That’s usually how it happens with me! 😊

[@cjlamber]

I really like the look of this piece. I think it’s easy to dismiss old furniture as “old fashioned” forgetting how nice they once looked out of the showroom. You sir are a time machine.

[@dianeleirer9878]

Renovating the cabinet AND making this long video are equally impressive. For your viewers who are accustomed to just seeing your hands and the piece you are working on, I was surprised to see a glimpse of your face! 😊

[@rockinsockmonkey8033]

I had to pause the video, I was so shocked 😄

[@boa1793]

And then there was a bee and a fly.

[@chloebelle4923]

@@rockinsockmonkey8033 what part of the video? I missed that! 😊

[@LLopez-sx1jr]

@@chloebelle4923 around 36:00 and 40:45

[@chloebelle4923]

@@LLopez-sx1jr oh, thanks for taking the time to let me know! 🥰

[@tom_bosher]

Loved the pacing on this vid and the visibly in person narration. Thanks for the hard work I love these videos.

[@DashnerDesignRestoration]

Thanks for watching!

[@cheriseking4945]

I haven't noticed the in person narration from Dashner until this video and for some reason it makes the videos even more impressive to me.

[@artemis3120]

I absolutely loved seeing the various difficulties you had with this piece. It helps amateurs like myself understand that it's okay tho struggle and be frustrated, and that patience is often rewarded! Thank you!

[@kareneDallas]

It looks great and will go on to be a useful piece of furniture in someone’s home with new stories to tell. I’m so glad you saved it!

[@monelleny]

I love that you kept the original look of this piece, making it a true restoration, rather than something that looks totally different. Lovely work!

[@mandeliongardens]

It looks great! I love that it doesn’t look over done/over restored. I agree with adding the paint right at the end. That really helped pull it together. I recently bought a vintage oak wheeled office chair and watching your videos has given me the courage to try working on it myself. I feel much more prepared about where the challenges may lie, and what tools I may need. Thanks for all you do!

[@normabuehlmann9131]

Keep the handle parts. Now that you no longer need them, the part will show up.

[@cheriseking4945]

I know you're not sure about it, but I love this one and would proudly put it in my house. I will likely use your white gel stain process on a future piece myself! Thanks for sharing your hard work!

[@susanj8158]

The cricket that lives in your shop provides the perfect ambient background music : -)

[@arlenelamont5610]

Don't think I've ever seen more tutorials on one piece of furniture. I have seen some pieces that I would have pulled out the matches. This one deserved a stick of dynamite! But it got a beautiful makeover by a person with more patience than most. Great job!

[@merryressler]

Awesome job. It's not my preferred style or color of furniture, but I love that you brought it back from destroyed to respectable. Beautiful work!

[@monopinion8799]

I’m truly impressed by your patience and skills. I’m not so sure I would’ve kept on after 3 days. I’m really glad you did. The server has an elegant new look and would most definitely be easy to sell. Congrats 👏 🇨🇦

[@sherrysmith332]

The original finish is called limed oak. My parents’ 1950s bedroom suite has the same finish.

[@hickorygolddoc]

Looks great! It was a yucky mess prior. I like the tan color you put on the bottom rail and the top of the drawers. I think it looked really great with the blonde outside finish ....so much so that it would look great in the interior and could be used as a bar or liquor cabinet. Just a thought. My dad had made a coffee table with blonde wood in high school shop,he is 91 now. So I have had it for over 30 years! I don’t really like the blonde so I used multiple stains and oil paint in tans, gray, a kinda teal blue and a fairly darker green and then a white pickling and I still really like it.

[@brendasoler4759]

It's always a pleasure to watch you at work, and this piece really called for you to employ your full bag of resto tricks! The real time narration was a nice addition, too. The final result may not be your fave, but it turned out lovely just the same. Cheers from NE Florida.

[@glennlariva6896]

Hard to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, but you came close. Thanks for another great video.

[@rockshot100]

Can't believe you fixed that top, good job, as usual.

[@evewhite1474]

Not sure what your main job is, but your voice is so soothing, you should consider becoming an announcer on radio or television.

[@margotjones7168]

I loved this longer video. The cabinet turned out lovely!

[@joelbridges3864]

Great job Dashmaster! You are a very good teacher and I appreciate that you don't expect perfection. The white gel stain was a great idea. I'm going to remember that. 🙂

[@letmetellyousomething123]

I'm so jealous you manage to find all these bargains. Great work as always.

[@JR-yx3po]

Dashner is the king! None like him!

[@audi4444player]

I think you did a good job, the end result is pretty nice, that paint definitely brought it together. I needed a stool to be darker to match a dressing table for my mum and because of those white bits I just ended up painting it brown haha, it's definitely a pain when they use that stuff

[@celiafeatherby2283]

Outstanding! One less for the landfill and a charming and elegant piece for someone’s living room. Kudos!

[@Keasbeysknight]

Your door lines look great. I'd be proud of this one if I was you, for what you had to work with I think you did a great job bringing it back to life without going full on customization

[@jannagriffin9838]

Very nice. I appreciate your patience and attention to detail and perfection. I can hear your furniture makeovers saying "thank you!'

[@kattkatt744]

This piece seems to have been a fight every step of the way! I am impressed with your perseverance. I think most would have taken the easy route with this one, but you didn't and the piece ends up much better for it.

[@roccosisto8196]

Well done! You patience is enviable.

[@chrisdavis1722]

This looks so much better! I feel for the clean lines of this piece, the magnetic door hardware is an upgrade. The finish looks much better, too. Great job! Thanks for posting 👍

[@c.brionkidder9232]

I enjoy your casual pace so much and was very excited to see a new video from you. This looks really good, the filled in door holes are invisible (at least to the casual eye). I myself prefer these blonde pieces over the old dark dark finishes. I have a blonde radio/phono cabinet that looks nearly identical to this piece down to the drawer pulls. They would look good together!

[@MadCityModern]

Not sure I've ever seen you do this style of narrating. Love it!

[@DashnerDesignRestoration]

Thank you!

[@erikas974]

Well I love it. On the end you did not paint the inside white but I guess you had enough. I think turned out stunning. I would definetely have it. Thank you for you dedication and teaching me how to restore wood. I love it.

[@woodybeck8966]

Amazing amount of work you put in that roadside find. No doubt better than before.

[@AskingSpot]

I wonder, for those dark spots, would an anti-fungal would have worked better? Our town flooded and we were all told how important it was to get the fungi, left by water, out completely. Love that you took all the time and care for this piece it looks fantastic!

[@kathyw7143]

I love that you get all of the badly damaged pieces. That is the videos I like to watch.❤

[@gemmasalmon9667]

That stuck pin coming out was very satisfying!

[@kirstenboggio3109]

You are so generous to your share your knowledge, process and uncertainties. It takes courage and tenacity to capture/share all that you did in this video. I learned much from it, and admire you/your work.

[@valeriehowden471]

I have an antique buffet and the door pulls are in the middle of the door. A real pain to get open. No leverage! Have the same issue with bifold doors on a few closets in our house. Can't wait to fix them.

[@boa1793]

Thank you for the torsion/dolly pressure and shim on the hinge lessons. Those were great to see as an explanation for those problems. It’s possible that those strips screwed to the bottom are there to hold or pull the front and the back closer together. At least when I saw the space at the corner angle, that’s what I thought. I like your patience!

[@brendaalbaugh8927]

Nice save! Keeping it out of the landfill and putting it to use again! Learn something new every time I watch. Thanks

[@woofwoof-w4g]

I was peeling and preparing apples for apple pie while watching this. We don't spray so I had pieces to cut out and when one looked at the several cups of slices at the end, the clean, crisp neatly cut pieces give one no notion of all the bad, ugly, undesirable bits I carefully and thoughtfully removed or how much the lemon, sugar & cinnamon I will sparingly add to the finished pie contributed. I thought the same of your project when you video ended. It was a real culmination of your effort on many fronts that I'll find useful in my own current (months long--I'm a beginner) furniture project. I really enjoyed this journey you took us on to beautify, correct and slightly-as-possible modify a once-beloved piece of furniture that "deserved" a new beginning. A buyer will love this result or else you've made it easy for another person to personalize or build upon. When you started, it had been given up as trash or for parts. When you finally decided it was at its apex for you, it could then realize a big audience of buyers. I'd call that a success!

[@ReconstructingEmily]

So glad you added the push locks! It looks so much different (in a good way) without the handles. The color looks nice with the piece too. Nice work!!

[@theshivelys]

This turned out pretty great. Especially considering where it started!

[@gilliangilliangillian]

Loving the live VO on this video! Your creative style continues to shine through even with the change.

[@hpot53]

Beautifully done as always. I had an aunt who had a blonde dining room suit that she bought in the late 1950’s that had a piece similar to this one. It held her silverware and serving dishes to her China. Ken from Alabama

[@margaretsparksrittenhouse8787]

You have an abundance of patience. I felt it was ready for the burn pit at the start, but you performed another miracle. It’s not perfect but it is presentable and a usable little cabinet.

[@MrCrateraider3]

Have been loving the channel we bought a house with some really nice stuff that had been hit with some humidity / water. You are giving me the courage to try to refinish it. For finish on veneer should I scrap, sand or use acid?

[@DashnerDesignRestoration]

I like scraping first. The oxalic acid is only needed if there are black water stains.

[@susanneberg5891]

It is a pure delight to watch a proffessionell in work! What a patience! Excellent work!👍👏👏👏💐🌹

[@ashleyjanegeorgia6623]

Bringing the top back to life with the acid was amazing. Very impressed. Well done! Love your videos, so relaxing to watch.

[@paulaheuser5200]

Lovely. Your work is devine.

[@caractax.3110]

THAT wasn't really simple but now it is a beautiful art work 👏😍

[@daveschramm6808]

Do you think, if we went through all the vids, we could construct a composite image of you?

[@johannechampagne7332]

All the different tools (even dental floss!), products, skills, knowledge to save something and give it new life. Really enjoyed this video.

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

Any time a piece looks THAT much better than when you started… it’s a success!🐝🤗❤️

[@NonyaSmith]

I think you did a great job. It looks good.

[@timtaylor8406]

I admire your perseverance. Always a fine balance between what the item is worth and what time is worth spending on it.

[@deniseanderson2032]

I was so impressed by the wedge idea and then you pulled out the dental floss trick! Impressive!

[@exilenderart]

I have some 1950s furniture that look almost exactly the same finish as what yours was originally. Mine are in pretty good condition, really only needed replacement screws because the legs were falling off. There was also minor damage to the veneer along the edges. I've already replaced the screws, but I had no idea how to fix the damage to the veneer. I am absolutely going to pick up some of those hard fill sticks and see how it goes! Thanks for the idea!

[@alanatolstad4824]

Phooey, despite all the aggravation, I'm pleased you rescued this sideboard. It deserved your magic touch!

[@alanatolstad4824]

PS: I liked the active presentation voice along!

[@Lea-bw9wj]

Well done on saving this. I do admit that I really hope you find the missing part of the door nob. They really added that extra bit of something special to an otherwise very very very simple piece

[@katiesoderling3596]

I’m glad you decided to restore this piece despite not being too sure or excited about it. I have a small dresser with the same finish that I inherited from my grandma. It’s a cute little dresser but in rough shape and years of nicotine stains on top of the blonde finish. Now I’m feeling a bit more confident that I can save it! Thank you!

[@livingcreatively1]

I think it looks beautiful. I love the blonde colour on wood. Probably because it's close to the natural look. Great job

[@christinamarie1840]

Thank you for posting this video! I learned so much. I have a blonde piece sitting in my garage waiting to be refinished, and this video will help me so much. Hope you have a great weekend!

[@sandyvillanueva4679]

Wow, Dash! What commitment! I totally admire your tenacity. You have a good eye for color matching that's for sure. I like the whitewash (ish) look it ended up with - very even and clean. Like always, great job. Thanks for sharing! 😄

[@sherrymorris5564]

It looks brand new! Beautifully done!

[@ALayne08]

From what I can see, it looks good. I will watch this again tonight on TV and I might be able to see what you’re undecided about. I really like the clean look on the front.

[@dazedreamr]

You always amaze me with your skills to restore these wonderful pieces of furniture. I always recommend your channel in the MCM groups on Facebook whenever someone says a piece is too far gone for restoration. This piece looks great & although you lost a piece of the original hardware I like your solution. This piece looks great & beautifully functional for several different rooms.

[@chalmadanes4291]

Great tutorial on repair. I think I would have given up and painted it. Thanks.

[@rzpotts4]

I applaud you on doing an excellent job. What a beautiful piece.

[@nowvoyagerNE]

you really had to do a lot of problem-solving on this one! i think it looks great!

[@joanndavies1356]

What a transformation! Your perseverance paid off! Great job!

[@carolfoley7458]

You did a fantastic job, and have inspired me to tackle a large blonde desk Which I got for $5 at a thrift shop. It's in great condition except for the top Finish. Had no idea I could scrape it, yay! Thank you very much for your clear, Easy to follow tutorial! Best, Carol F.

[@cmitchell7347]

Bravo! Loved the real-time narration as it included the expression of your hands. Long video for what would prove to be a tall order. Appreciate how being so attentive to detail brings its own frustrations and, at times, feeling as though the process can be 'one step forward, two steps back'. As a DIYer and crafter, almost always come away thinking 'If I were to do it over....' Look forward to your next video. :)

[@PBG345]

Great work. Impressed by the many techniques you used. You might want piece of glass cut for the top to protect it . That was a lot of work ! A medium size console like that is probably a desirable piece for interior designers.

[@jackhackett6827]

Lovely work, what a transformation ! Losing the cabinet door handles seemed to give the unit a much more modern look. Most people would have left this piece at the side of the road !

[@waterbitten]

My God, this is was a frustrating piece. Good on you for your patience and ability to remember the tip above what the piece is sitting on.

[@deborahmatatall]

This really was an amazing transformation and you did an incredible job. I enjoyed this video very much and your challenges with this cabinet reminded me that things can always be better with some effort and thought.🌸

[@jilliedillie]

Really enjoyed the longer video. I’d say you could feel quite proud of your work!

[@cherylcarnes4207]

It's lovely. I wouldn't be embarrassed to have it in my home. TFS.

[@lizeggar2421]

I think it looks great! Very elegant and the white gel stain is a perfect choice.

[@Dakiniwoman]

Thanks for sharing your project... You did a lot of work and saved a piece that would probably have ended up in a burn-pile. I think it turned out just fine.

[@elliepascoe5954]

That's probably the most TLC this little chest has ever had! Thanks for all the tips & tricks of the trade😁👍🇳🇱

[@robk1310]

I love it just the way you did it. I'd buy that piece. it has a bit of an Eames or Heywood-Wakefield feel and look to it.

[@TheKatyQ]

You did a great job! I don’t care for the tiny knobs but I guess they’re original and go with the piece. You definitely put a lot of love and attention into it. Another great video.

[@lizeggar2421]

I think you did a great job. As one of the ancients, who remembers buying this style of furniture for my first home, it looks just as it must have looked way back when the cupboard and I were young.

[@Kozakmusic]

You got it for free and it looks great , thanks again for the quality tips in furniture restoration.

[@PrincessNicEssus]

Just subscribed, that’s how much I loved your extreme attention to detail and your not giving up. Great work!

[@faithwalker7044]

You have a relaxing voice……and are such a good teacher. Thank you.

[@karinwullfrodt]

Is all good, you saved that piece and it looks amazing!

[@ericmelanson6745]

Beautifully done piece. I also agree it works just as well as a credenza-type piece vs a dresser. The simple clear finish really enhanced the piece. We’ll done!

[@yvettewallus119]

I really liked the real time narration on this one. It gives us a peek at your mental process. I refinish furniture for a local mid-century retailer and I find your videos very helpful. I admire your patience.

[@JB-3794]

Nice!😊 The top came out so nice. I didn't expect that, considering how it looked before.

[@cherylnormandeau2871]

The worse it is, the more I enjoy your magic!

[@bonniematthews2500]

it's fantastic! so cool that you saved it from the landfill

[@toddschroeder8971]

You always do an amazing job no matter the condition of the item!