How can you sell this as solid oak when it clearly has a veneered top?

Nick Smith - Furniture Designer, Painter Decorator

15 November, 2017

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It is Oak, it has a veener top.
16 November, 2017last modified: 17 November, 2017
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How can you sell this as solid oak when it clearly has a veneered top?

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