Chairs before & after

Chairs before & after, originally uploaded by Mrelia.

This is an example of my smaller projects. These took just a few hours to do. The hardest part was getting the paint to come off the legs without damaging the chrome. I actually ended up using a razorblade to carefully peel the paint away since the stripper just made everything really goopy and even harder to remove.

I got these from a freecycler a while back. The chrome was painted over with brown enamel and black spraypaint. The horrible yellow vinyl was cracked. The previous owner had put some padding on the backrest in preparation for upholstering - but she never got around to it. This picture shows one stripped and reupholstered. They're both done now...I had juuuuuust enough of the vintage fabric to do both.

It only took a few hours to do this. I settled down in the living room and watched my shows.

Needless to say, I've thoroughly Scotchgarded the things.