Still trying to get my cyberlegs....so bare with me while I try to post one of my newest projects. As I get use to this stuff, I will go back and post some older projects. You will see I have a "thing" for chairs and tables...sad really, because I really have no place left to stick them in the house. So many are shipped off to my children's homes where I know they will not be loved and adored like they are here...but whatever.

My Mom told me that when I was a baby (MANY years ago...almost 50) she and Dad found this walnut chair in a field...the wood was bleached white but Dad knew it was walnut...his favorite (and now mine)! So he took it home and refinished it. And for almost 50 years it has been in our family.

Recently I was able to acquire (sneak out in the dead of night) this beautiful chair. It was somewhat nicked and bruised from years of use, and I am not sure what my father was thinking the last time he covered it in the ungodly upholstery and nail heads. But I brought it home, stripped the upholstery and finish and lovingly nourished it with 4 coats of tung oil.

As you will learn if you continue to follow me, I have a "thing" for tung oil. Being new to the "cyber world" I am not sure if I can tell you what BRAND I use, but suffice it to say it is with the stains and such in Lowes and it comes in a GREEN can. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this stuff. Dang near impossible to mess up a refinishing job with it. I usually put 3-4 coats, lightly sanding between coats with OOOO steel wool and tack cloth. I have a SERIOUS addiction to Lane Acclain tables, and this is how I refinish them...and now I use it on all my wood furniture.

The reason I love this stuff....super easy to "touch up" scratches and wear. It doesn't create the "plastic" finish of a poly, but it allows the grain of the wood to shine through and if you get a scratch or nick, you just buff it with steel wool and then recoat the affected area with the tung oil. Seriously, LOVE this stuff. And unlike poly, it is next to impossible to mess up the application....but more on that later.

For now, the chair....I have finished refinishing the wood, but haven't been inspired on the upholstery just yet. I am thinking something light...maybe a "white"...since the ONLY corner I have left in the house is in my bedroom...and it will not be subjected to food or grandkids...now the cats, that's another story for another time.

Between the cats, chairs, and tables...oh my.

Anywho....drum roll for my first picture post!!!!! (drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr)

Okay, well that didn't go well....the "before" picture is AFTER the "after" pictures....whatever, you get the idea. (fixed it...don't ask me how!)

Now, I just have to find the PERFECT upholstery....and decide between piping or nails...hummmmmm....