Ugly Chair - Part 1

We recently picked up three of these super ugly, but very functional chairs at an auction. All three set us back a whopping $5. We were the only bidders. Maybe their appearance had something to do with their cheapness? I'm just saying. 

These were produced by Shelby Williams Industries sometime betwen 1986 and 1988. Does that count as vintage? They are quite sturdy and made of solid wood, no particle board here. And, all the visible hardware is brass. We needed some chairs for the dining/poker/homework/craft/catch-all table in our family room as the old chairs are falling apart. In fact there are only two of the original six remaining.

 After I removed the pad from the chair this is what I found beneath. There were oodles of dirt, a few dead bugs and gobs of hair. The floral (oooh, it is so ugly) was actually a decorator grade fabric. The stripes however, were a very cheap, thin poly blend. It took nearly three hours to get all the staples and these two fabrics torn away from two of the three seats. The third is waiting... And, under it all was the original upholstery fabric, a nice woven teal and chocolate brown piece.

Woof! My puppy keeps growing. He has been banned from the house the past couple of days as he has taken to rolling in something that is not-so-delicious smelling.