Wooden furniture or art pieces can start to fade after years in direct sunlight or frequent use. Many times, people want to do what they can to salvage their wooden furniture and bring it back to its original beauty and functionality.
Whether it’s a beloved antique or contemporary piece, the process of refinishing can breathe new life to all kinds of beloved items including but not limited to tables, chairs, dressers, cutting boards, and doors, ensuring they regain their former allure and functionality.
Refinishing your beautiful wooden furniture in Escondido, CA
Refinishing involves removing the existing finish–which may involve use of a chemical stripper, sanding, then staining, painting, and/or finishing.
At DDC, we take the utmost care to consciously work with each piece, maintaining it’s beauty and strength.
When Is it worth it to restore wood furniture?
Pieces with solid construction are typically worthwhile to refinish, while pieces that were mass-produced or are less carefully crafted may have simply reached the end of their life cycle.
Some furniture is not worth refinishing. If your furniture is constructed from particleboard, veneer over plywood or even Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF), refinishing it will be a waste of time and resources. Less expensive furniture made in the last three or four decades is often made from these materials.
long term investment for a small price
This is why refinishing a quality piece of wooden furniture is an amazing investment for the future. Quality, solid wooden furniture will last for decades, especially when well cared for.
Even the sturdiest wooden table gets worn down by daily wear and tear. And when that happens, it’s time to give it a new, fresh look by refinishing it.
By refinishing, you strip down the old, worn surface of the wood and use a stain to give it a flawless surface and like-new shine. On average, getting your table refinished will cost $250. But this varies depending on the type and size of your table.
Dining Room Table
Dining room tables are typically the largest wood tables you’ll find in a home, and as a result, they’re the most expensive, at $400 to $700. This is a sizable range because dining room tables have a lot of size variation. Typically, the larger the table, the more you’ll pay.
Coffee Table
Coffee tables fall between dining room tables and side tables in terms of size. Therefore, you can expect to pay $150 to $250 to have one refinished.
Side or End Table
End tables are the smallest types of tables, typically only with enough surface area to support a lamp, a stack of to-be-read books, and a coffee mug or two. As a result, these are the least expensive to refinish, at between $80 and $150.
Can I refinish just the top of a table?
It’s perfectly fine to just refinish the top of your table instead of all of it. In fact, that’s what most people do. After all, why finish the bottom of the table that nobody ever sees? Of course, depending on how exposed the legs of your table are, you might at least consider refinishing them.
How do you know if you can refinish a table?
A good way to determine that a table is not worth refinishing is if it’s painted. Often they are painted to cover up flaws with the wood you won’t be able to fix. You want a good, solid wood table that just needs a facelift rather than a rickety wood table with a lot of problems.
Got questions? Feel free to contact us regarding your special piece, today!
