I Restored a VIOLATED Coffee Table 

I really learned something today… the different sanding methods you demonstrated are invaluable. No other channel ever demonstrates them. I had to rewind and watch them over 3 times, but now I really understand it. I’m wondering if I could use both rear legs at the same time? Great fun! You made my day!

You could teach a masterclass on stain matching. Always so impressed by your work. I also love the humor!

Thank you for demonstrating the different sanding methods. I've always wanted to try the "rear leg", but would end up in the hospital at my age 🥴

This table arrived well packaged and on time. ru-vid.comUgkxn94T8Mu1iMnsLCMNOI9srXSsLkI4JXKW Like another reviewer advised, I pulled everything out and made sure everything was included (everything was!). I built it alone and it took me about an hour. The color is great and for the price the lift part works well. As others have mentioned, it’s not the smoothest opening/closing, but it works. The screws do show, but I plan to order white sticker covers if that bothers us too much. Really happy with this table! UPDATE: it’s been over a year since we got this coffee table and we still love it! It gets HEAVY use as our dining table, foot rest, and school desk. Over time, the opening and closing mechanism has gotten smoother. I added a new photo with the white screw cover stickers. They blend in perfectly and make it look a little cleaner. 100% recommend!!!

13 minutes and 16 seconds of bliss, fun, great learning and humor. Another generous gift!! Thank you so much.

Did y’all hear that? A sigh of relief and anticipation from this poor old table? So glad to finally be in the hands of a master. A very happy beautiful piece again. Thank you kind sir. Totally awesome!

Watched while drinking my morning cup of coffee. Almost spit it out when the rear leg sanding technique came on! Thanks for my morning laugh! Love your videos.

You had me rolling with the rear leg!

When you first started I thought, why bother with that thing? Well, you showed me by turning it into a really nice-looking piece of furniture. Beautiful job! Thanks!

I am so thankful you decided to record what you do. The care and knowledge you put into every project shown is incredible. It looked gorgeous at the end. Thank you very much!

I loved the “rear leg” as if humans had front legs lol 🤗 One of the things that amazes me about your work, is that I truly can’t see the repairs. You’re better at that than almost anyone else I’ve found. Great job!🐝❤️🤗

I don’t know Ahti, I don’t think you’re normal at all. You are quite extraordinary in your craftsmanship. Your skills and talent never cease to amaze me. Another excellent job! Thanks for sharing with us.

Your humor is irresistible! Bravo! Another piece saved from the landfill.

OMG... Had to pause and comment...I was still LOLing over the "different sanding styles" up till the ironing of the veneer 😂🤣😂... funniest thing I've seen in a LONG time ... kudos and thanks for the much needed humor...now back to the video!

Rear leg. Free style 🤣🤣👍🏻 Always good episodes. Thanks

"Rear leg style." 🤣🤣🤣 Beautiful restoration and another great video!

It amazes me how you match the stain on new wood to the old. Great job! I love your sanding methods. I never thought of them when I felt like my arm would fall off. Thanks for the chuckles.

The most difficult part for me is matching the colors if the old and new. This is where the skill and experience shows.

You make everything look pretty effortless, this is the sign of true mastery. I also love your sense of humour 👍🏻😉

A new Olympic sport is created - freestyle sanding, perhaps a sub-sanding medal could be awarded to non-mechanical methods. The veneer on the top of the table looked lovely. Thank you for sharing and for your humour.

Violated but now ameliorated! Love the veneer pattern.

You are the rock star of furniture restoration. Turning every worn out, misused, and neglected item into a masterpiece.

С восхищением наблюдаю как Вы даете этим старинным вещам новую жизнь. Удачи во всем!

Rear leg? Do you have a front leg, centaur? Laughing and enjoying your artistry.

Well done, Ahti! Beautiful job. Such care and attention to detail. Also, I love your goofy side! The sanding "techniques" were hilarious! 😆

Without saying a word you are so entertaining! Love you videos. The table turned out so beautiful.

It is always so good to see someone with this level of expertise in whatever they do. You're awesome

Outstanding restoration, as usually. Compliments from Odessa.

That was really amazing- I did no think it possible to restore this table so well and it look so natural! I am also going to try some "rear leg" sanding! 😉

This will be certainly appreciated by a connoisseur of vintage art deco furnishings. I keep a shelf of vintage stripped veneer foro broken furniture too far gone to make repairs on others. It keeps the original feel to it.

Thank you for showing us how beautiful a simple piece of furniture can become in your hands. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Impressive. Love how you match the stain between the existing veneer and the new veneer. It can be difficult. Beautiful job!

I always love taking old and making new again in furniture, cars or buildings.

I love woodworking. I wanted to do it, but I’m 5ft, and my little hands just won’t allow for long turns with any equipment. I ended up with carpal tunnel surgery on both wrists after painting a basement. So I’m left to watch, and your channel is the best one! I wouldn’t have bothered with that table, but you have an eye for this. Thanks for such great uploads.

You make furniture look way better than new. Bravo and very well done.👏👏👏👏👏

I like the "footwork"-sanding and the "freestyle"-sanding-intermezzo very much, how funny! This kind of table I´ve seen before in my childhood (western europe). The shiny shellac look from "before" was not thus noble-looking. You turned it into a silky-matt shine, which is impressively worthy-looking. Congratulations for this outcome!

Magnificent sanding techniques! You are still the best furniture restorer in n RU-vid! I’ve been watching from the earliest videos and I’m still learning something with each project you take on!

It looks like new!!! Aannd,I learned some new sanding techniques!! ❤️🤣

Прекрасно! На заднем фоне старинный столовый стол, очень хочется увидеть, как Вы вернëте его к жизни

I enjoy watching your restoration videos. It's so relaxing. I giggle at your humor. Beautiful table 😍

Great result on this table. I really like your work to let old furniture look as they were brand new. 👍 Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪🇺🇦

И снова прекрасная работа. Спасибо за удовольствие просмотра!

OMG the different sanding styles!!! BRILLIANT!

The different sanding methods were very impressive and outstanding

"Violated" no more! Wow! You are truly an artist my friend. Thank you for restoring this piece, and the fine work that you do. God bless. Rev. D.

Once again, magician at work. Beautifully done.

I’m happy to see your personality is being shared more. 💜

i love these videos. it may sound strange but i love HEARING the wood being restored... the sanding, the brush against the surface, etc... to me that's an important part of the experience.

Ah-new technology: leg sanding! 😃. A masterful job with that veneer! It’s now a beautiful piece of furniture. ⭐️

this video is hilarious. i love when your subdued yet sharp sense of humor shows through. and of course, i love your work-- the restoration looks beautiful and is entertainingly filmed and edited!!

Вы большой мастер и у вас золотые руки! Благодарю, что даёте возможность насладиться высшим мастерством!

Oh wow, what a great result! For me the next best thing in this video is the demonstration of different sanding styles 😁

Always amazed at your ability to match old and new finishes. It's almost...... magical 👍

I actually laughed out loud during the sanding styles section. I was laughing so hard that my cat got offended and left my lap!

Great restoration, again! I hope you could show more in detail which brands of stain and shellac you use, and how you prepare them.

You did a great job matching the old and new woods on this one. Very nice.

“Different sanding styles”… and I laughed hard!! Well played!!

As ever absolutely stunning and thanks to you that gorgeous piece of furniture will last another 80 or 90 years if not longer and thank you for all the hard work that you do

It's obvious that you really know your craft. Excellent work as usual. 👍

I love the work you do on restoring these awesome furniture pieces. Every one you work on is a masterpiece. Well done sir!

Love the way you laid the wood grain. 💕♥️💕

Another stunning transformation. And again, your colour matching skills are superlative. Wish we had such incredible restorers in South Africa 😞

Very nice transformation indeed!! I especially liked the different sanding techniques!! Lol

I can’t say anything that has not already been said. Thank you for sharing your talent.

Well Ahte, you have done it again. Marvelous work, although freestyle sanding would be far too radical for me to attempt. Ever. Love your videos, I could watch them all day long.❤❤❤ Oh yes, the humor is a delight.

Some people don't like your work because they say it looks new. I love that you restore things to they original beauty without being too intrusive. Thank you.

Thanks, as always for your artistry & mastery working with wood to restore or build. And a special thank you for a much needed laugh.

Спасибо за красоту,которую Вы делаете! У Вас золотые руки

what can one say excellence . what a star you make it look so effortless .

Oh my gosh, make MY weekend! Thanks! What a great restoration, I loved all the veneer fixes, how cool. ::snicker:: And the 'different sanding styles' was pretty awesome. Thank you again for posting, I love seeing at master at work!

Love watching your videos. Your charismatic personality charms all the time. Making learning more fun xx

I love your sense of humor and you do a great job. Thank you

Comme d'habitude un boulot remarquable. Vivement la prochaine vidéo.

I enjoy seeing how beautiful each of your pieces turn out. I look forward to your next piece.

I had a 1930's Waterfall style bedroom set, complete with headboard, foot board, rails and 2 dressers. You restored this table to it's beautiful glory, but then you always do fabulous work. Such a pleasure watching you. Thank you.

Unbelievable. Wow. Love the freestyle sanding 😂😂😂

Fantastic! I had only seen rubber cement act as a glue. Whatever you used, I forgot, using the iron to seal the glue worked great. Beautiful color. Thanks so much for sharing. Be safe.

Thank you for showing us the new sanding styles, very helpful 😉😂😂😂

Rear leg sanding‼️ LOL 🤣 I Love it 🫶🏻🤩

Beautiful, beautiful piece!! Well done as always!!!❤️

I love watching you bring a poor, neglected piece back to beautiful life.

🤣 I love your different sanding methods 🤣

I want to own everything you refinish. Love your excellent work. Thank you for sharing with us.😊

I run across old pieces at yard/estate sales but I don’t have the expertise to restore them. Nice watching a pro

Your tutorial on sanding methods was quite informative. I think I'll try the freestyle method on my next project. I was talking with a friend last week about repairing/replacing veneer and I'm going to send him a link to this video.

The sanding part LOL love it!!

After a long day this was relaxing. Regards from Istanbul. Thank you.

What a great video. I learn so much from these and they're so relaxing and enjoyable. Great job.

I watch whole bunch of restoration videos of all sorts, from tracktors, old guns, and wristwatches. Most of them look amateur next to you sir. Hat off. This is almost magic.

Sehr schön furniert!👍 Ich finde die "Graue-Socke-Schleiftechnik" total interessant 😂😂

So glad you posted another video. I’ve been waiting for awhile. I think you did a marvelous job on this table

Such a glorious little table after it's spa day.

Well done, keeping another beautiful item from the burn pile.

Love the free style sanding😅

You did an outstanding job on this table. It is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing this video. You have taught me so much.

I just found you channel and am amazed your master craftsmanship! Beautiful work and the stain matching taught me a lot. Thank you for sharing and teaching!

Another Beautiful restoration... Stunning!!!

This turned out wonderful. You are a whiz with the sander too lol. Have a great day

Such beautiful work… you are truly an artist!

Incredible workmanship once again!