A method of making a decorative veneer panel having the appearance of antique, solid, planked, hand-planed wood wherein one-eight inch veneer sheets are adhesively applied to opposite sides of a fiberboard panel, one of the veneer sheets being of high quality wood and preferably including a decorative veneer strip, cutting spaced, parallel, flat bottomed grooves in the sheet of high quality veneer to give the appearance of a plurality of separate boards, and hand planing the raised faces of the veneer sheet and the bottom surfaces of the grooves to achieve a wavy, textured look; and the product resulting from that method.
