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I couldn't find a community for this yet, and I miss it, so here it is!
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Most of my furniture in college and just post-college was MDF crap from liquidation type retailers. But through the years I've gathered and inherited pieces that are better made, if starting to look a little worn. I'm planning on repainting, restaining, and reupholstering many things to give them new life and to work with a new decor theme.
Learning to reupholster is one of the things that are so valuable to me, so wonderful that you are intending to do that too!
As for repainting and staining, I can highly recommend researching how people used to care for and stain their furniture in the past.
For instance, my grandmother maintained her coffee table with beeswax. And I use the same stuff on the table and it looks so good!
As for painting, I cannot recommend chalk paints enough! I’ve painted with a lot of different paints but chalk paint + wax just makes my vintage furniture shine.