I am currently in the middle of relocating for a new job, and in the midst of looking for furniture in my family's storage shed, I found this dresser that, upon further investigating, turned out to be owned by my great-grandparents. It was passed down from them to their daughter, my grandmother, who put it in storage when she got new furniture. Being the wonderful grandmother she is, she has gifted me this piece as a present for my recent graduation/upcoming new job.Most of the piece appears to me to be covered in laminate, however the drawer construction and legs appear to be hardwood. As you can see in the pictures, it doesn't look unsalvageable, at least in my uneducated opinion, but it does have a lot of nicks and scratches throughout its entire body. Also, on the right side, you can see the top drawer has a fairly large hunk broken off the top right corner, and there is a decent sized gash towards the bottom of the frame.I really want to try and make this piece look as good as possible for my new place, but I have no idea where to start. I'd really like to minimize the appearance of the nicks and scratches over the whole thing as much as possible, but I don't know where to start. I'm also lost on how to repair the chunk missing from the top right drawer, as well as the gash on the lower right front of the frame. As for the legs, while I would like to make those look better as well, I think I would also like to put some golden or brass shoes on them, similar to these, so those scratches aren't super important since they're not that noticeable anyway.I'm pretty familiar with building furniture, but I've never restored a piece before and I'm a little overwhelmed! Help would be greatly appreciated!Here's another link to the album with pictures of the dresser if you missed the link above. Thanks in advance! via /r/DIY https://ift.tt/2rDXHHv
