If the damage and lifted veneer are mostly on the top it's not beyond repair, it's something most of us can take on as a DIY restoration. Lifted vereers can often be steamed or lighly dampened, ironed straight and glued back on using simple tools and basic wood glue. The finish shine up very well with basic cleaning and the right furniture polish, but can of course be refinshed with shellac. It takes a while, a few hours invested in it, but it's not too much to have as a side project, neither is it expensive. Some projects like this often look much worse than it is before you start. The top veneer can be replaced if the old is too splintered, freyed or too many missing pieces (a lot can be done to fill in missing areas, even out cracks and glue together joints here and there). It takes a week or three with an hour spend on it now and then. If there are accessories, and any bits and pieces in the drawers I know there's someone out there willing to take it on if it's for free :- )
Last edited by Mickey2; 10-22-2016 at 01:46 PM.