I got an old FW table off ebay. It was not in good shape but good price (I was having a lot of problems with people outbidding what I could afford at the time I found this one for $79). It had a lot of duct tape keeping the insert in place. I did have to find screws to fix the insert area where the metal frame/pieces were and then I did a lot of sanding on the top to get the tape gummy stuff off. I was very careful about sanding as the top is veneer. I just smoothed out the chipped out areas very carefully. Then I stained and used polyurathane (sp?) on the top and painted sides with black semi-gloss latex enamel. I think it turned out pretty good from the original condition. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.