Been a while since I’ve posted, life’s been wild this year. Nearly every free breath was spent preparing to take a Scout group to Philmont Scout Ranch, out in New Mexico. Lot of hiking & backpacking required to get in shape for it. We hiked every weekend from January thru June.
Anyway, fast forward to August, had a Hunny-Do request to refinish our dining room table & chairs. They were our first antique furniture purchase when we got married, nearly 22 years ago.
got it at an antique store in Houston, TX and refinished it in our first apartment. Yes, we put plastic down over the carpet to strip & stain the table and chairs. Oh, the foolishness of youth…
3 kids later, and 125+ years old, it had gained quite a bit of ‘character’. The table’s finish had worn away. The chairs’ upholstery had faded, and seat bottoms had fallen through.
Had a hard time stripping the table, temperatures in the 90’s for 90 days in a row, the stripper would evaporate before doing anything… Got up early on weekends to strip it. That slowed the process down, quite a bit. But, slowly, surely, we got there. Missed the Thanksgiving deadline by 2 days. We moved the table into the Dining Room on Thanksgiving Saturday.
Dining Room Table – Before
Dining Room Table Leg – Before
Chair Seat Upholstery – Before
Chair Seat Upholstery – Deconstructed. Notice the luan chair bottoms – that’ll hold a lot of weight… When we recovered the chairs the first time, we cheated & just recovered them. This time we did it right, stripped the seat back to the frame & started over. Having never done this before, DIYnetwork.com came to the rescue with this article, that describes the process really well.
http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/how-to-reupholster-a-seat-pad/index.html
Chair Seat Upholstery – After
Dining Room Table & Chairs – After
Nice to have this one done, just in time for cold weather. Hopefully, we can make some sawdust this winter…
Anyway, fast forward to August, had a Hunny-Do request to refinish our dining room table & chairs. They were our first antique furniture purchase when we got married, nearly 22 years ago.
got it at an antique store in Houston, TX and refinished it in our first apartment. Yes, we put plastic down over the carpet to strip & stain the table and chairs. Oh, the foolishness of youth…
3 kids later, and 125+ years old, it had gained quite a bit of ‘character’. The table’s finish had worn away. The chairs’ upholstery had faded, and seat bottoms had fallen through.
Had a hard time stripping the table, temperatures in the 90’s for 90 days in a row, the stripper would evaporate before doing anything… Got up early on weekends to strip it. That slowed the process down, quite a bit. But, slowly, surely, we got there. Missed the Thanksgiving deadline by 2 days. We moved the table into the Dining Room on Thanksgiving Saturday.
Dining Room Table – Before
Dining Room Table Leg – Before
Chair Seat Upholstery – Before
Chair Seat Upholstery – Deconstructed. Notice the luan chair bottoms – that’ll hold a lot of weight… When we recovered the chairs the first time, we cheated & just recovered them. This time we did it right, stripped the seat back to the frame & started over. Having never done this before, DIYnetwork.com came to the rescue with this article, that describes the process really well.
http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/how-to-reupholster-a-seat-pad/index.html
Chair Seat Upholstery – After
Dining Room Table & Chairs – After
Nice to have this one done, just in time for cold weather. Hopefully, we can make some sawdust this winter…
