Funny, I actually saw these chairs on clearance at a used furniture store. They were on sale for $15 a piece. I passed. Then about a week later, I stopped by a Goodwill right next to that store and there they were, the same (can I say.. ugly) chairs - but just $5.99 a piece. Hmmm, I could see their inner beauty!
So I sanded. And sanded. And sanded some more. Actually there were at least 4 layers of paint on these babies - blue, green, black and white. My color choice - a gorgeous English Chesnut stain. But I was going to have to work for it!
I tried a paint stripper on one of the chairs -- it cut through one layer of paint, then I had to sand through the other three!
Days and days of sanding were rewarded as I put the first stroke of stain on these chairs. Oh, so pretty!!
One coat down, another to go.
Now, I just need to seal them and recover the seats.
But... I only have 3 of them to go around the dining table (oh, and one of those I haven't touched yet!) so I'll be searching for a few more chairs.
So still have some work ahead of me, but for now, I'm happy with how these are turning out.
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