Restoring an old chair.

I found a great chair in the garbage today (no shame in my game.) It looks like it has a couple of coats of paint on it already. Should I just prime and then paint or doe it need to be sanded?

Also, the cushion definitely needs new fabric. Any idea where I can get fabric online and one of those heavy duty staple guns?

TIA!!

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You might want to try a paint remover too! It might get the hard to sand area better. If its a small amount of fabric you need you might want to check Joann's (in store) they have remnants and you might be able to find what you want really cheap.

Re: Restoring an old chair.

I just did this with an accent table, I used a palm sander (made life so much easier) to get all of the paint off, then repainted. If you want to go for a distressed look you have to paint then coat with the gel and keep rubbing the gel off with a rag until you get the look you want.

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I just reupholstered my dining room chairs this week! I went onto fabric.com for the fabric. It was on clearance and I did all 6 chairs for $25 in fabric! I got it within 4 days. I bought the Stanley electric staple/brad nail gun at Target and it was a piece of cake to use. This is the first time I've ever done a project like this and the chairs came out beautiful.