The love of my life brought home an old table and chair that belonged to her Grandmother, God rest her soul. My beautiful wife’s mother had been storing them in the shed out back.
I forgot to take “before” pictures of the table but here it is after taking it apart, sanding, and reassembly:
And here it is after stain (Golden Oak) and a couple of clear coats:
I actually remembered to take pics of the chair before:
I took it apart (most of the screws were painted in and stripped and I bought a stripped screw kit to remove them – a few had to be drilled out), sanded it, and reassembled it with a rubber mallet and manly strength (and new screws). More Golden Oak and a coat of clear and here it is: