How A 1950s Vanity Is Professionally Restored | Refurbished

John Price is a woodworker in Windber, Pennsylvania. He has been restoring antique furniture and doing custom woodwork for over 10 years. He uses some great techniques with a steam iron and sawdust to repair this 1950s three-mirror vanity.

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[professionalcommenter]

At first, I was like oh great, another "restorer." I have to say that seeing his work and some of the techniques to work on the pieces, I'm very impressed. This man knows what he is doing. They are beautiful!

[mrrb]

A "Healthy" tip for ANYONE doing this....when stripping old paint, DO A LEAD TEST FIRST to see if any of the paint contains lead (lead paint was common prior to 70s), you can get these lead test at paint stores, for little or NO money. NEVER SAND anything that has had lead paint on it. lead DOES get into the wood grain and can turn into a deadly dust when using electric or battery operated sanders. . This also applies to AFTER you have stripped the furniture. .IF this project did have lead paint, it is NOW ALL throughout his shop. keep the surface damp to reduce this. enjoy this healthy tip.

[suzzyturner]

1) short & "to the point" ( some of us don't want to see every detail)
2) I love seeing the woodgrain ( as opposed to some who paint everything)
3) absolutely beautiful restoration
Two thumbs up!

[kaysimmons]

20 years ago my mother bought a living room table from a thrift store for $5. The table had several layers of the ugliest green paint imaginable & I wouldn’t have touched it. But, Mom lifted one corner and dragged it home. She stripped the paint, sanded stained it, and it looks exactly like the surface of your vanity. (She calls it hard rock maple). It was the weight she said that gave it away.

[jjxplnd]

You’re very talented at your craft. You really went above and beyond with this restoration. Good job, I’m glad the algorithm recommended this to me.

[cataxy]

i really like that theres a ton of people who know how to restore things really well. like restoring furniture, shoes, cars, etc. because its just way better in every way to restore something rather than throwing it away and getting a new one of whatever it was.

[suzannebeinart]

Beautiful work! I used to refinish furniture. I just hate the recent trend of "distressed" paint on anything! There's nothing more beautiful than natural wood to me.

[drleo]

Thanks for the sawdust trick. I'm a flooring refinisher. We have to do handrails sometimes. More often than not we just use scrapers and sandpaper. When we do have to use stripper. That will be a great help.

[macymiscellaneous]

Throwback to when I accidentally soaked my fingers in paint stripper and the first layers of skin on my fingers died and peeled off like a thick sunburn

[jaysanwich]

Who on earth decided to paint over that gorgeous Birdseye maple?! The original furniture maker was probably rolling in his grave when that happened. Good to know he can rest easy again. :)

[farisasmith]

That vanity set was beautiful, especially the wood grain on the seat of the chair. Very well done!

[evanlucas]

It always amazes me that people paint over such beautiful wood. Look at the grain in that vanity top. Hats off to you sir for restoring and renewing for future generations to appreciate.

[rosemaryhoffman]

I just found you these morning, I am in Long Beach California, thank you so much for your post and to see how beautiful these old piece of furniture looks after your job is done.
Thank you 🙏🏻

[RayMak]

This is super satisfying to watch. You have restored it beyond the original condition

[MrsMelissaNewcomb]

This makes my heart happy 😃. Seeing so many antiques being multi painted ( mostly chalk painted) is heartbreaking! The paint scraping was soooo satisfying!

[RoyaleHams]

All I can say is WOW, it looks better than new!

[SS_DT]

This is SO helpful. I want to refinish my mother's 1940s bedroom set, but I've been nervous to do it the wrong way. This makes me feel much more confident.

[acmulhern]

So this is the person who fixes all of the unfortunate "upcycle projects"

[courtneyhall]

This is a true art form! The time and effort he put in while using his knowledge of the material was absolutely incredible!!

[olioseee]

let's all be honest. we all clicked on the video because we wanted to see the paint be scraped off.