Old chest of drawers gets a loving restoration | Furniture Makeover 

I work with maple a lot and you need to use a pre stain conditioner on it to help prevent that splotchiness. It works great

I love the gradual reveal from sanding!

I agree with using the wood conditioner before staining. You can always use toner later if it still needs a little more tweeking. Great save on a classic piece!! Thanks for sharing!!

Oh my! What a beautiful result! Love the color and it is such a timeless piece! I am a huge fan of walnut it definitely is one of my most favorite, having grown up in a town that was known for its walnut trees so much so it was called often called Walnut City, even though that was not its official name. The area was then known for turkeys and now known for the Alien parade as a famous photo was taken here decades ago. Currently live out of town and had walnut trees here until we lost them. But it is the site of an 1886 school house known as school house number 6 or the Maple school! The whole road was lined with maple trees back then. We had one here but it was in bad shape and it was the last one! Beautiful trees for sure. We actually lived in the old school house that was turned into a house in the 30’s but we had to tear down and rebuild about 10 yrs ago. Was not fond of the maple wood but truly this piece is a huge exception! Geez excuse my rambling! I am just so surprised about the results!

My goodness, I would have thought that was a new dresser. Awesome job!

Great job on the repairs. Blended quite nicely. Great job!

Looks absolutely gorgeous! Love the color and wood grain! Awesome job! 😊❤

It looks beautiful. I worked as a French polisher in the late 1970s and when we had close grained wood such as beech or maple , stain would hit dark in areas like this , we called it striking, we would spend hours with different toners and card masks to even out the colour. The old guys back in the day applied colour with squirrel hair mops. These days I use a airbrush and compressor .

Thanks for the video! I enjoyed watching the process of taking away and then giving back! I didn't guess the wood right, but then I have no reason to suppose I could.... Anyway a great video and great work. George

Wow turned out beautiful. Well done sir. I love the color.

Nice. Maple (and birch) is hard to work with. The toner knocked down a lot of the blotchiness and whatever blotchiness was leftover actually makes the piece look patinaed and antique-y. Looks great.

Great job. The color work turned out great. Thanks for sharing.

Gorgeous 😊

I love working with maple- it’s got great chatoyance. But I also like a light finish, so I generally just clear coat it and don’t run up against issues with blotchy stain.

FANTASTIC!!

that looked beautiful when you'd finished! Great restoration, great video... great arms! 🤣❤️

Such a beautiful restoration. 👍👍

Que bonito!

As always well done!

Great skills brought this piece back from ruin. Amazing work! From a fan in Iowa, USA

Great work as usual 🫡🫡

Looks awesome, good job!

Beautiful work. Looks spectacular

Excellent work friend, have a nice day, Brian UK !!!. 😀😀👍👍.

Well made piece. Color came out fine.

Excellent!

Looks great, thanks for the video.

Beautiful!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Gracias... 🌹

Its a super job only I'd love if the wood was left lighter :)

Maple is so hard…sigh. But I’ve also had good results with pre-stain conditioner or a light coat of shellac before stain. I also would use a gel stain since it doesn’t penetrate as deep. Regardless, this piece is reborn!! Beautiful work! The leg repair was a work of art!❤️💥😀

Lovely

That leg repair was impressive. I wonder if slipcoat of mineral spirits followed by gel stain would have evened out blotchiness since it sits more on top of the wood and can be made more opaque with multiple coats, minimizes the grain though. I've done a similar piece and paint washed for a different look, but now I know to look out for birch or maple when making a decision on staining.

I like how it could fit in anywhere, anytime & always be just right ❤ Is there a reason maple is more of a challenge than other woods?

Thanks!

Looks like poplar !!!!

Wouldn't have had the blotchy staining if you'd used sanding sealer or light shellac coat first. Other , great job. Love watching you.

Loved the look, but I would have left the handles with the contrast. I thought it looked cool.

I would have solved the hardware problem with guilding wax, too. Will you sell this one or keep it? It’s beautiful.

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Love your work! What is the name of this type of dresser? I have the outer shell not the draws sad situation 😢

Was that a wire wheel you used on your drill to sand down the metal pieces? Whenever I use mine it leaves nasty scratches🤦‍♂️