Solid built wood furniture is hard to come by these days and often costs a small fortune when bought new. Wooden furniture often holds a special place in our homes because it is so beautiful and can easily be passed down from one generation to the next. More and more do-it-yourselfers are finding older pieces of wooden furniture and refurbishing them back to their previous beauty.

If you have patience and a little bit of talent then it isn’t difficult to refurbish most wood furniture pieces. The procedure of turning an old piece of wooden furniture that has been forgotten and returning it to a beautiful piece of furniture can be frustrating but the final results are worth it. Refinishing plain pieces of furniture is always less challenging when you’re first starting out, so you might want to start with a piece like a simple chair or even an old wooden toy. Here are the simple steps you’ll take to refinish wood antiques:

You’ll first want to strip the old stain without damaging the wood beneath it. You can uncover the plain wood surface of a piece of furniture with chemical removing agents, specially designed brushes and lots of elbow grease. Removing the original finish of a piece of wooden furniture is the first challenging step you’ll have to undertake. Cleaning off an old paint finish can take a long time, so take your time and try not to get discouraged by how long it takes.

There are many different tips you can follow when sanding old wood furniture pieces with different grit sandpaper. After cleaning off all the old finish you’ll want to sand every side of the furniture piece you’re refurbishing. Sanding a piece of wood furniture removes any remaining stain and it prepares the bare wood to accept a new finish of some sort. There are many different tips you can follow when you have to sand antique wood pieces of furniture with different grit sandpaper.

You can fix cracked wood pieces with an adhesive and use wood putty to hide any obvious dings. At this point you may need to fix anything that’s not working on your wood piece of furniture. If your wooden furniture piece has any metal hinges or knobs that aren’t working you’ll want to fix them now.

There are many different types of wood stains you can use to change the color of your furniture and then you have to consider what type of polyurethane you’re going to use to protect that new finish. When it’s time to choose a finish you’ll have a lot of choices available to you. At this point you can move on to applying a new finish to your old wooden furniture piece.

Turning a forgotten piece of furniture into a surprising treasure can be a lot of fun. When it’s all done it’s comforting to know that you can change a piece of trash into treasure. Restoring an antique piece of furniture is often an incredibly rewarding task to take on!