In this video I applied peel & stick wood veneer over the plastic top of a mid century thrift store table. I also refinished the legs and apron. / dashnerdesign / dashner_design www.dashnerdes...
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Dude. This new style video is fantastic. You are the reason I started searching for, and refinishing/rescuing MCM furniture. I learn something new every video you make. Keep doing what you're doing. Your content is stellar. I appreciate you.
That looked so much nicer when you'd finished it (well, obviously!). I agree that the figuring on the top was worth having a closer look at than you could get outside. Whilst never seeing your entire face was always an interesting mystery, I'm enjoying actually seeing you now!
Wow, back when I was a kid in the sixties and seventies, these tables were everywhere. I never liked that top part but didn’t realize it was plastic. Much better the way you did it!👍🏾✌🏻
Another beautiful restoration! It’s nice to be able to finally put a face to the voice too, thanks for coming around to the front of the camera. It just adds another dimension to the videos.
I love your work and the calm strength of your voice. It is a firm reassurance in the sea of raised voices and hyper activity on RU-vid. After watching you, I feel like maybe we Aren't going to hell in a handbasket. Thank you.
This is so pretty! I have often wondered why there isn’t more refinishes that put veneer over laminate for some pieces, seems it would make it much more desirable as a piece of furniture. Growing up in the 70’s laminate was hard to get a way from but I never cared for it. Thank you for showing you can put veneer over laminate and that it can look fabulous!
Always a joy to watch Dash. Love this little table and the pattern on the veneer is beautiful. It's so weird seeing you at the beginning! Weird good though. My head was full of other thoughts and when I clicked on the video I had totally forgot about your full appearance in the last video. Thanks for calming my thoughts down, yet again. For someone with severe anxiety whose head is always racing, you really do wonders. Thank you so much.
I have the EXACT same table, and have considered adding veneer over the laminate. Now I have the perfect step-by-step instructions! Been following your channel for awhile and have gained tons of skills from watching. Thank you!
I’ve seen these coffee tables with the plastic veneer and thought the only thing you could do with them is paint. I never thought of adding wood veneer. It looks amazing!
Genuinely enjoying seeing your face! It’s so nice to see the baby blues that go with that radio voice! Thank you for sharing this beautiful table too, I guess. 😏
My mother had this and two end tables I believe it was a set. She bought them at Sears in the 1960’s I remember my mother saying that the tops were laminate. I have the one of the end tables at my house now.
Finally a face to that calming voice! You’ve been like Tool Time Tim’s neighbor Wilson in your other videos where we can never really quite see the face. Sometimes I was almost distracted away from the restoration for trying to see your face in the reflection in the vinegar bottle or whatever there was. 😂🤣. I love your videos. And your voice. And now your face too! 😎
I guess I’m the only one who likes laminate on tabletops, but for countertops it’s my favorite, especially the old glossy finish. You did do a nice job and I like your work.
Great job even though you are dealing with your cold weather.The cocktail table looks so much better with a veneer top. Very, very mid-century modern. Carol from California
Always a good day when you post a new video. We are in the middle of bad ice/sleet/freezing rainstorm. One more day before thaw and more typical Texas weather. Enjoyed seeing you cope with the conditions there.
I usually watch your videos late at night to help me fall asleep and because I like your content, adding your voice in video and now your introduction with your face talking on video it's a bit more exciting and I enjoy watching and listening while I'm wide awake lol bad explaination but good work man youre doing great.
Who woulda known this piece could actually look sweet! I’ve probably seen hundreds of these coffee tables since I’m a child of the 50’s. They’ve always been an automatic toss. Thanks!
I've always loved your down-to-earth style. Your appearance is very much how I imagined. You kind of have that young Richard Dreyfuss likeability! I wish you didn't have to battle that cold. I'm from the Midwest but have been in CA a long time and I just say "brrrrr" when I watch this. Keep up the good work!
I don’t think I’ve finished any of your videos. I always fall asleep half way through. Not that the content isn’t good it’s cause your voice is so calming.
Turned out great! Growing up in the 60s, my parents had an identical table along with two end tables which were two-tiered for lamps on the upper tier. The end tables eventually ended up as bedside tables for my siblings and me, so it was probably a good thing the tops were laminate! I think the legs might have had brass ferrules at the ends, though I may be confusing them with the Naugahyde disk chairs that were part of the suite.
We had a coffee table like this as a kid that was known as the “ pizza table” , ie the table we were allowed to eat pizza on in front of the TV! Wish it were still around, but it went with some cousin or another to their first home.
95% of the tools and materials he's using are things he has in stock already because he's a committed furniture restorer. So the table and the veneer are the only things he could price for you, and you can get prices on those things yourself, locally. I'd rather he spend the time restoring more furniture than editing costs into his videos.
This turned out great! I like that you unified the color on all the separate parts, and the veneer has a beautiful pattern. Thanks for all the content 👍
I really like this kind restoration "upgrade". By putting the walnut veneer on this piece, you made it more attractive than it ever has been in its life! Love the color work, it turned out beautiful! I live in Des Moines, IA just 3 hrs from Minneapolis, so I can totally relate to the "temperature challenges" you face when refinishing pieces in the winter! Great work!
I always stop to watch when I see you have posted a new video. That table looks similar to a dining room table from my childhood. It is really fun to see the face behind the voice!
Hey Dash, nice to SEE you! I've been watching for over a year now and enjoy the relaxed and soothing vibe to your channel -- No offense, but I sometimes fall asleep...a bit of ASMR with all the sanding, etc. -- and will wake up at 2 am to your voice telling me to not apply too much sanding pressure or the veneer will get too thin. It does make for some strange dreams. Love the finished products and of course the fact that you are saving these mid-century modern beauties!
Looks great! I recently used a $40 piece of peel and stick walnut veneer to do the same thing over laminate topped mid century nightstands. I was impressed with just how easy it was to work with! Definitely has me rethinking the way I’ve handled pieces with laminate tops in the past.
Great change to the ugly veneer that was originally there. I have a treadle sewing machine that needs the top of the "lid" redone. A previous owner replaced it with wall paneling from the 1970's! Thanks for my tutorial on using stick on veneer. That sounds like the easiest way to replace the mess with new veneer...Thanks for the tips. I always look forward to your videos!
It just goes to show... DON'T pass up laminate if you like the piece in general. You can always make it beautiful! Thank you for this video! Looks lovely.
Right you are.. the indoor light shows the improvement, but in late January in Minnesota, the outdoor light... not so much. And wow... pretty impressive PSA on the veneer, to adhere in such cold weather. As is so often the case, your techniques defy conventional wisdom, but work out juuuuust fine. Inspiration for us all.
Love seeing your face on camera now! I’ve always enjoyed your videos and they have helped me tremendously as I venture into very beginner type refinishing.
Always wondered if this could be done. People want MCM furniture more now than ever and this is a great way of taking a $20 find and making it $200 living room piece. Nice job.
The veneer is very pretty. It made such a difference in the table. I don’t think I would have thought to try the veneer over this type of top. It opens up a whole new realm of possibilities. Thanks so much
I'm over the moon that you made this video. I have the exact, same table and I have been waiting to find something on your channel to help me with the top. I trust only you and now I can go ahead and work on my own table. Thank you! P.S. I've applied wood veneer to the panels of a beatiful old door that sadly had cedar plywood panels. It was a great improvement on the esthetic of the door. My veneer though was glued on....scary but doable!
Here I am complaining about it being in the low 20s outside at the moment and you are out working near 0 degrees. I feel like a slacker now. The table turned out so well. Thanks for sharing. 🍻
Lovely work - I'm sitting here in very rainy New Zealand, almost 80 degrees outside, muggy and hot, enjoying looking at your snow! And of course, the table. :)
Nice format, with some “in front of camera” time, Why were you hiding that nice looking face all these years? But you’re still meeting your usual standard of more than excellent furniture work.
