Refinishing some old chairs

I found two beautiful wooden chairs on the street a few weeks ago, and I have decided to try and restore them. I say they are “beautiful” – you can see their beauty under the layers of bird poo and caked dirt only if you are very dedicated to refinishing wooden chairs, or are very blind.

So far I have washed and sanded one of them almost completely – as far as I can tell from my research, my next step will be to clean it, then sand it again, then clean it again, and then stain it! I’ve been really lucky – whatever finish was on the chairs before now is really old, so it’s been really easy to get off with sanding and I haven’t had to use a chemical stripper.

I’m pretty excited. Here are pictures of the chairs!!

A chair I found on the streets of SF

A wooden chair I found on the streets of SF

Other than that, I’m still learning Mandarin, taking ballet classes, getting ready for an audition next Saturday (oooh!!!), training acrobatics….

I’m also getting ready for a trip to Washington, D.C. to visit my parents and meet up with Tom who is there right now, and then drive to Maryland to meet his parents!!! I’m pretty excited to meet his parents, and to see my Mom and Dad. I think it’s going to be a good trip!