| Chair refinishing is a great idea because everybody | | | | appearance of completely different chairs, almost |
| has chairs. There are as many kinds and styles of | | | | unrecognizable to most people as the previous pieces. |
| chairs as you could possibly think of. In The united | | | | For example, in the 1960's the use of early American |
| states alone there dozens of different kinds and | | | | decor called for an extremely orange color that was |
| materials to choose from, there are stools, benches | | | | commonly used on birch and maple chairs. The early |
| swivel chairs reclining chairs wood ones metal ones | | | | American stain became so identified with that period |
| wicker and rattan, Thomas Chippendale chairs, | | | | that when the early American phase passed, nobody |
| Duncan Fyfe chairs too, and Sheridan chairs as well, | | | | seemed to want those old orange maple chairs, so |
| just to name a few. By far the most common would | | | | we refinished hundreds of them. |
| be some type of Classic wooden chair. | | | | Then again around 1970 or so the phase of dark pine |
| Wood is a valuable and renewable resource that has | | | | furniture came into vogue, many people never even |
| been used extensively for thousands of years and | | | | noticed that the same chairs from the sixties were |
| continues to be a good choice and that is the | | | | now being finished in a tone more in keeping with the |
| material we will be focusing on today. | | | | design trend of the day and millions of chairs |
| Of the multiple millions of wooden chairs currently in | | | | continued to be sold with almost no design change, |
| use today, thousands and thousands will be discarded | | | | the only real difference was the color. Again in the |
| for no better reason than their owners don't know | | | | late eighties the trend toward Cherry reached full |
| what to do to keep them in good and serviceable | | | | effect and furniture colors changed again. |
| condition. In days gone by the idea of discarding | | | | So it becomes more and more understandable, that |
| otherwise good stuff just because of issues of wear | | | | when one owns otherwise good chairs that have |
| was unthinkable. Thankfully there has been a trend | | | | become a little worn, it makes good sense to |
| toward better stewardship and most people have | | | | consider refinishing. |
| understood the folly of the disposable mindset of the | | | | Although great chairs are available at finer stores |
| eighties and nineties. | | | | today, the Older chairs typically offer well-seasoned |
| When an otherwise good set of chairs begins to | | | | wood, good quality joints and workmanship of a |
| show wear and the finish becomes ugly, there is a | | | | higher level than most made today, so think twice |
| process where the worn finish may be removed and | | | | before you decide to pony up your hard earned |
| another fresh finish can be reapplied, this is what is | | | | dollars for new ones, and you too can enjoy better |
| meant when we speak of refinishing. The variety of | | | | quality chairs for less money than you thought |
| finish colors and sheens are almost endless. Often | | | | Possible. |
| through refinishing your chairs they take on the | | | | |