Veneered MDF provides many of the advantages of MDF with a decorative wood veneer surface layer from different trees textures. In modern construction, spurred by the high costs of hardwoods, manufacturers have been adopting this approach to achieve a high-quality finishing wrap covering over a standard MDF board. One common type uses oak veneer.

Making veneered MDF is a complex procedure, which involves taking an extremely thin slice of hardwood (about 1-2 mm thick) and then through high pressure and stretching methods wrapping them around the profiled MDF boards. This is only possible with very simple profiles, otherwise when the thin wood layer has dried out, it will break at the point of bends and angles.