Vintage Dining Set Restoration

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Table updates

This belonged to my grandparents, and I wanted to fix it up for my family because it is so special. The table needed some cleaning up ...

Staple Removal

Before I cleaned it, I removed the old rubber edging around the table, along with tons of staples!

Clean

Spray Painting

Next I covered the table in plastc to prep for painting the legs! First I sanded them down a little, then added 3 light coats of paint.

Legs

Restoring chairs

The chairs were in rough condition, with lots of dirt and grime, and the seats needed to be recovered. 

Chairs

Sanding

The finish needed to come off, so that meant lots of sanding! But after the finish came off, it left the beautiful natural wood.

Re-staining

After sanding and wiping off the dust, I re-stained with the color Honey. This looked so beautiful with the grain of the wood.

Stain

Recovering

I added a black faux leather fabtic over the existing seat covers, and it made such a huge difference!

Seats

Sealing

After I was finished staining, I sealed them with 3 coats of polyacrylic in a satin finish to really protect the wood.

The finished product