Furniture Finds & Unexpected Treasures: Refinish Wood Furniture
Posted by Jim Sutter on Wed, Jul 28, 2010 @ 10:08 AM
Redecorating can make us critical of the wood furniture we own... But before you decide to toss that old worn and scratched wooden 
table, you may want to give it a new life by having it refinished.
Decor changes, such as deciding to renovate and update colors are an inexpensive way to breath new life into old furniture.
Sprucing up an accent piece can revitalize and give a whole different look and feel to a room. By sprucing, what we mean is to refinish furniture or refurbish furniture to give it a whole different feeling.
Wood furniture can be stripped and refinished to the natural beauty of the wood, or colored with a fashionable accent stain. Washes and glazes add dimension to wood, and colored wood stains can be either natural colors or enhance colors in transparant that let the grain show through the wood, or opaque, where the resulting finish is a solid color.
Unlike do it yourself results, which sometimes have a tacky, sticky feeling, professionally refinished furniture is lustrous and resistant to weather related fluctuations. In fact, there are special treatments for different situations and conditions that can extend the life of your furniture. For example, marine situations are exposed to water and possibly salt, and the finishes will be more durable for wood furniture exposed to these conditions than the finish applied to a delicate antique that will reside in a climate controlled and air conditioned environment.
Bottom line, though - it's much less expensive to have your existing furniture refinish done by a professional, and have many more years to enjoy using it, than to buy new. Plus, with the exciting new colors and finishes, you wind up with unique, quality pieces that are matched to your taste and color scheme.