How To Restore Furniture: A Beginner's Guide

Don't throw away that old furniture just yet! In this video, I'll show you how to restore it using some simple techniques. This is a great way to breathe new life into your old furniture and save money too!

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[scottroberts]

I heard a tip the other day that when painting over tape, its good to paint a layer with the base colour first, let that bleed under and dry, and then do your top colour. That should give you a much cleaner line.

[Mdawgbboy]

This was his first wood desk restoration project and he wanted to share it with all for educational purposes. Thank you for sharing your experience and mistakes with us, especially us viewers who are trying to do their first restoration project! This was a great intro to the process.

[SSGWhit]

Love you pointing out your mistakes cause that is EXACTLY what first timers are going to do! Need more of this!

[cameronward]

Ideally, use the paint stripper in the crevasses before doing the general sanding.

[Northwesternforcefield]

Looks amazing at the end but I’m truly a firm believer In the antique/ original look being best. But if you wanted a modern mix where the off set style gave it an extra dash of unique then you did it! For what you were going for it was great!!

[victoririalove]

I love this. This guy showing his mistakes is how we learn!

[itwasme]

hi sir
Some tip for 3M band strip at 04:11,
You need to paint one little coat of white on the edge of the strip so the white will fill under the strip, immediately after you paint your black above and the black can’t go under the strip. We do this on wall and it work perfectly well.

[Auturgist]

How long did this take you to restore? I'm thinking about doing something like this myself, and have no idea how much time I should expect to take with it.

[jjhbball]

Wonderful tutorial and love that you showed the mistakes. The white paint in combination with the stain is profane.

[FavJ]

Thank you for making this video. It really helped a lot.

[JulianeBdt]

Thanks a ton for sharing! What would you say, how long took you the full process?

[dinajanke]

Thank you for the educational video. I've always wanted to redo old furniture to whatever damn look I want to. I needed a video that gave me the basics along with some hints, and that's what I got from this video. Quick, too. If I wanted to spend 2 hours educating myself, I wouldn't have watched this one. It wasn't intended to. AND it wasn't about what he wanted to do to what. Geez people. He can do whatever that f&^* he wants and there shall be no judgement. Good job!

[aprilsue]

After you applied the stain are you suppose to sand it with 220 grit sandpaper? Idk. Just asking for my own FYI.

[AprilReign]

Thanks so much for leaving in your "mistakes." Incredibly helpful to learn what to do, but also what not to do.

[tonyalawson]

If you want to try an arrow on another piece of furniture, use the green Frog tape. I’ve used it to paint a focal wall, and you’ll be very happy with the result. Good job! I love it!

[seizethedayandlive]

Damn, that was interesting! And congrats on the project turning out so well! Night and day! Wow. Consider me a new subscriber.

[kaunas]

I am not a great fan of painting furniture unless it is done in a very skilled way but this project seems to have come out decently...except for the black notch in the upper drawer. Maybe a little to creative. Overall it is a quick and decent job ready to resell.

[wjmorrell]

the white drawers was certainly a choice

[westensanchez]

Holy shiite, those drawers look terrible. Should have made them match the rest of the piece.

[jennylong]

Keep it natural and neutral you'll attract a wider market