Well, I've since tried to work on this post a couple of times but my computer has been slow to update. I'll try this again! I was going to share my prideful project from this fall.
A few years back my grandparents had down sized their home to an independent living apartment in a retirement community. I was blessed to receive my grandmother's table, chairs, china hutch and her beautiful china. However, I was a student at the time and living in a tiny apartment and didn't have the space for such a great gift, then I moved to Austin where we also had zero room. Now that we're settled into our new home in KC we have a perfect space for this gift. We picked the table, hutch and chairs up this fall.....it was just a little different than I had remembered it to be.
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| Before |
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| After |
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| The semi-finished product!!! |
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| Newly refinished/restained/re-upholstered chairs |
This was my first project I've been able to fly mostly solo on. Rob did show me a few techniques to get me started but I was able to complete a majority of the project on my own including stripping all the chairs and the china hutch, then sanding them all, staining them all, then putting a finish solution onto them all. It took me a a full weekend and two week nights to complete but I was so proud I created a quality product we'll be able to enjoy for many years to come. This spring I'm planning on finishing the table and hopefully a dresser in our guest room.
Rob told me I made the A team on this project, thank goodness I've upgraded from the C team painting projects of the past!!!!
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