New . Furniture

This past weekend I finally got over my fears of refinishing and reupholstering furniture. I always figured that any sort of this must be really difficult, and better left to people who are not me.

Well, I found two harp-back dining chairs at the thrift store, and decided to give them a new look -- if it didn't work out, I wouldn't be out much money.

Here is one of the original chairs:



...very scraped up and really.really unattractive fabric

But then, after two coats of graphite gray paint and $3.00 worth of fabric from Joann:





I've still got to refinish the other chair, but I kind of like how this first one turned out! I'm even thinking about finding and refinishing a vintage dining table too!!