Level Up Woodworking & Decor

Before ➡️ After 👀

This 1951 vanity has been around longer than most family secrets…

Generations of getting ready, getting ready too long, and definitely a few “I’m not going” moments 😅

Our client inherited it from her grandmother, so naturally it came with:
✨ sentimental value
✨ solid bones
✨ and a finish that had… given up

We stripped away decades of buildup, uncovered that beautiful wood grain, and brought her BACK 🤎

Now she’s serving vintage charm instead of “I’ve been through it.”

Same vanity. Same memories.
Just upgraded to her ✨best life✨

💚After ➡️ Before

This table isn’t just old… it’s documented old.

Stamped 11 • 8 • 23 on the underside, this piece dates back nearly a century, after being found in a farm field by the customer’s grandparents and passed down through the family ever since. That’s a lot of life, love, and very real wear.

Time finally caught up with the original veneer top, so we:
✔️ Cleaned up almost 100 years of use
✔️ Fixed the structural issues caused by the failing veneer
✔️ Installed a new panel on top for long-term stability
✔️ Finished it in a bold green because heirlooms don’t have to be boring

Same table. Same history.
Just stronger, happier, and ready for its next chapter.

Proof that furniture with a past can still have a future. 💚

Before ➡️ After | A Table Full of Memories

This dining table has been in this family since the customer was a kid — through her childhood, and then through her own children growing up around it. Homework, art projects, everyday life… all of it happened right here.

Over the years, that love showed. The veneer was worn all the way down to the particle board in several areas, especially where little hands had been the busiest. Instead of replacing the entire top, the customer chose a more thoughtful route.

✨ What we did:
• Carefully filled and stabilized the worn-through areas
• Hand-painted and blended those sections to visually match the remaining original veneer
• Color-matched the finish to the existing dining chairs
• Preserved the original tabletop to keep its history intact

The customer opted against a full re-veneering to keep costs lower — but more importantly, to keep the original surface that holds all the memories.

This wasn’t about erasing the past. It was about honoring it, while giving the table many more years of use.

Some pieces don’t need to be perfect — they just need to keep telling their story. 🪵✨

A lovely new customer’s table showed up with one lonely leg. Not a set. Not a spare. Just a single survivor. So I picked up the original from the owner, as well as big chunk of walnut. I brought it back to the shop, and started sweating. No molds. No shortcuts. Just patience, and a lot of side-eye at it from every angle.

From there:
🪵 Hand-carved three brand new walnut legs
🎨 Hand-painted the inlay details to match
🔍 Matched the curves, installed hardware, and finished so closely even the original can’t tell the siblings apart.

This is why custom work matters — when replacement parts don’t exist, you make them exist.