The wife has tried to set fire to our lovely oak table via her oil burner. Any ideas on how to fix/disguise it other than sticking a vase on top?
Haven't done a proper one of them in a long time. The table is that looks like a veneer, so it may be as simple as finding some veneer, cutting out the damaged section of veneer and fitting a patch - a "dutchman". It will never be a hidden repair so what a lot of people do is to make a "feature" out of it. Sometimes people fit more "patches" to make more of a pattern.
You might be lucky if it's veneered,years ago had a yew table with a burn mark, & the underside was also veneered,so it was simple job to cut a piece out to repair the top.
Don't suppose it is possible to turn the table top over? Is the underside a mirror image of the top and are there many screws holding it on?
Oil burners and tea lights are real problem for furnishings and trim. My daughter marked my living room plastic window sill a few years ago it has been on the wife's nag list for me to replace - but with a thick timber board and bull nose like the others I have done in the house. However, I have my suspicions - like in Kung Fu Panda