My wife and I found an old sewing machine cabinet at a flea market and decided to turn it into a cabinet to hold iced beverages on our patio. Although the cabinet was in bad shape cosmetically (much of the veneer had peeled off) , it was structurally sound. Someone had already removed the sewing machine which was fine, since we didn't need it for our purpose.
The first thing I did was to finish removing the veneer that was barely hanging on. Using a scraper, I simply ran the scraper blade under the veneer and that which remained came off easily. The veneer on the top and the lid was still tightly attached, so I re-glued a few loose edges to keep it from coming loose in the future (photo 1). The next thing was to build a platform for the cooler to sit in. I selected two boards from my scrap pile and screwed them into the bottom of the cabinet (photo 2).
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