the positive. these are also solid wood and a simple design. something this do-it-yourselfer could do. pose centered -- upholstered the wood. i laid it out in a well vented area. then i unscrewed the seat cushion from the wood base. i sat the cushion aside in a safe place. we'll get to that upgrade later and sat down to clean the bar stool. i wanted all of that grime off of it before i dealt wi stain. up next, stain stripper. you can get any of this at any big box store. it is a huge help, especially if you don't want to spend a lot of time sanding. i put this on with a couple of coats. it takes a bit of elbow grease to scrape off the finish. i was fine with that. i cleaned it off again and got out my handheld sander. if you're going to sand, you will need one of these. i used an 80 grit piece of sandpaper. remember, don't forget the safety goggles when tackling this, and have patience. even though i had stripped a lot of the original stain off, this part of the process still took a while with the por once i was finished, i cleaned it off again and applied a wood conditioner. this is a very important step. it allows your new

grand rapids of bolstering upholstering -- company here, which would be an example of companies themselves that did not make furniture themselves but what do the upholstery. wood finishing, brass finishing, all of these companies would succeed in grand rapids and supply. photographers were a huge what you're taking photographs of furniture to put an in catalogs was a big event in and of itself. the world's fair in philadelphia in 1876 was called the centennial exposition, and grand rapids had been making furniture for several decades by that point, but at that world's fair in philadelphia, three different grand rapids companies submitted bedroom suites to a competition, and all three won gold medals , so at this nationwide exhibition where companies nationwide were submitting for furniture, it was pretty much agreed that grand rapids was the best and really put grand rapids on the map as the furniture capital of the country. we call this the centennial bed, and at that is because it is an example of the type of furniture that won so many awards at the centennial exposition in philadelphia in 1876. this particular piece is a perfect example of grand rapids furn