Taking up a new hobby?! Furniture make-over

I have been working on  giving our old furniture a bit of a make-over.I wanted to do it because I wanted my friends to come over to our nicer and  more comfortable house. But I can't afford to buy new furniture so I decided to make it pretty by myself!

I started with wooden outside chairs which have been outside for a long time so all the paint on them has come off and their surfaces were very rough and dry. One of the chair's seat pad had been torn off by Ambi ( naughty!)  so it really needed to be fixed. I began with painting  them with brownish oil paints and after the paint got dried, I painted  varnish on them to give them a glossy finish. I also made new seat pads for the chairs. I bought some materials and foam from shops and cut them round, then stapled them tight at the back of the pad. I am not finished completely yet, I think I should give them a second coat of varnish and then it's done. 

It's been very interesting and has become a great change of pace!  I am very happy with my job. Gori says they look like brand-new ones!  I am almost finished with the chairs but haven't touched the table yet. When it's all done, I will put their pictures on my blog!

 

This is our dog Ambi.↓↓ She is the one who chewed off the seat pad!  But that happened when she was a puppy. She behaves much better now!