Antique Oak Dresser Restoration

This 120-year-old front door in Old Town Fort Collins arrived with peeling finish, weathered wood, and a sticky lock. We took it through 12 to 15 steps: stripping, our 9-step wood prep, lock restoration, and a new mechanism. ML Campbell Poly 2K finish protects it for 20 to 30 years.

Built by our customer's grandfather, this 7 by 9 foot solid pine closet arrived covered in a bold Southwestern mural. We stripped every inch of paint, refinished it in a rich warm tone, and cleaned up the original hardware. Same bones, whole new soul.

This antique oak piece arrived at our shop missing its entire bottom drawer, with the top drawers reduced to just front panels. We custom-built a new bottom drawer and fresh boxes for the upper panels, then hand-blended stains until the raw wood disappeared seamlessly into the original. A traditional French polish and high-end wax finish brought back that silky, antique glow.

These two Windsor armchairs came in with failing finish on the arms and spindles, the areas that take the most wear over the years. A thorough cleaning and careful touch-up brought the finish back to life across both chairs. Sometimes furniture doesn't need a full overhaul, just the right hands.

This antique carved table base arrived covered in lion heads, grotesque faces, acanthus leaves, and ornate scrollwork. Beautiful craftsmanship, but no top. We fabricated a brand new solid walnut top to match its scale and presence, then finished it with ML Campbell conversion varnish for decades of protection. Old world base, new world craftsmanship.

A moving company broke the lip trim off this oval table and couldn't return the missing piece. We made a mold of the original profile, fabricated a new lip from scratch, then matched the stain and sheen against the table's banded inlay edge. Every grain direction and tone lined up: you'd never know it happened.

This Heywood-Wakefield dresser arrived with a tired, scratched-up finish, especially across the top. We took it through a full refinish from top to bottom, restoring the warm, even blonde tone that makes this signature birch so iconic. Clean grain, smooth finish, exactly the way it left the factory.

This mid-century walnut cabinet arrived with a faded, cloudy finish hiding the natural beauty of the wood. We stripped the old finish, then carefully sanded and refinished the walnut veneer to bring back its deep, warm tones. The sharp contrast with the black accent doors is back, exactly the way mid-century modern was meant to look.

This antique dining set came into the shop ready for a second life. The table leaves got a full refinish that brought out the natural grain, while the matching side chairs received a careful finish restoration without touching a single thread of the original needlepoint seats. The warmth is back in the wood, the history is still in the fabric, and the whole set looks ready for the next generation of dinners.

This Mission-style trestle dining table came to us completely unfinished: bare, pale oak with beautiful natural grain and clean slat detailing on the base. We took it through a full staining and finishing process, building up a rich, deep warm tone that makes the oak grain absolutely sing. From raw wood to a table built to last generations.

Heywood-Wakefield coffee table arrived needing a full restoration, from its sculpted splayed legs to the perfectly rounded top. We took it completely apart, stripped everything down to bare wood, and brought every surface back to life before the finish went on. That signature 1950s honey tone is back, exactly the way collectors love it.

This antique French oak buffet cabinet arrived disassembled, with a split top, worn finish, and decades of grime hiding incredible hand carving: rosette medallions, egg-and-dart molding, turned columns, and ornate brass hardware. We repaired and refinished the top, then treated the whole piece to a rich, deep, smoky oak finish that unifies every surface while letting each carved detail pop. Pieces like this are irreplaceable, and this is exactly why we do what we do.

This Queen Anne style dining table came through our shop for a complete refinish, from the cabriole legs and pad feet to the scalloped apron and every curve in between. The whole piece was finished in a deep, rich dark brown tone that gives it exactly the presence it deserves. Smooth, even, and consistent from the top all the way down: the way it was always meant to look.

This Ethan Allen pine desk arrived buried under decades of dark stain and years of scratches. We stripped it back, brought out that warm honey pine grain, and gave it a clean professional finish that shows off every knot and ring. Same desk, same solid pine, completely different life.

These mid-century lounge chairs left the shop with their curved scissor-style legs telling the whole story. We refinished the walnut frames to a warm, even tone that lets the grain and the sculptural shape do the talking, while our partners at Sparrow House of Design handled the bold tropical upholstery. Two shops, two trades, one result worth staring at.

This 1960s hexagonal gun cabinet arrived locked, scratched up, and fitted with original 1/16 inch glass fragile enough to shatter from a single touch. We picked the lock and had a brand new key cut by Red Rocks Locksmith, swapped the original glass for 3/16 tempered panels from Black's Glass, replaced the old fluorescent tubes with color-changing COB LED strips, relined the interior in fresh wool felt, and gave the whole piece a full pine refinish from top to base.

This multi-species butcher-block dining table came through our shop and the wood alone stopped everyone in their tracks.This multi-species butcher-block dining table came through our shop and the wood alone stopped everyone in their tracks. Alternating strips of dark and light species sit side by side, creating a pattern that looks almost like a piece of art as much as a table. A surface this dramatic deserves to be seen.

This antique round oak pedestal table just left the shop after a full refinish, and those carved claw-and-ball feet under the turned column base are something else. Quarter-sawn oak grain runs through the column and base, with strong ray patterns across the top, all finished in a rich deep brown that makes every carved detail pop. Antique tables like this deserve to be used, not stored.

Check how we restore wonderful pieces of antique furniture to its new glory. If you would like to have your valuable piece of furniture restored, simply contact us! We cover Fort Collins and all Denver metro from Downtown Denver, Boulder, Arvada, Lakewood, Evergreen and more.

This antique oak sideboard came to us with years of water damage across the entire top surface and a finish that had long since given up. We completed a full refinish in a warm reddish-brown tone that brought every surface back to life, and those bookmatched burl panels now show the depth and figure they were always hiding.