Above: The New Works Mass Side Table with Drawer is designed by Lim + Lu is made of oak veneer with a drawer that pops out ...

He specializes in repairing and restoring furniture with damage and defects. This is a wood-veneer table with an oak base. The owner forgot to blow out a candle, and it burned through the veneered ...

Veneer is often used to cover a cheaper material such as plywood, medium-density fibreboard (MDF) or even a softwood. Quite often an ‘oak’ table will actually be an MDF table with an oak veneer.