DIY Home Decor Tricks: 5 Piece Dining Set

What can I say about this project?
A seemingly simple refinishing.... turns into hours and hours of sanding, stripping, drummelling, chiselling, swearing, crying, more stripping, sand blasting, and rebuilding.
After years of use and many layers of paint, this beautifully handmade oak set was sadly cast aside to rot and mould over. Intricately carved chairs proved to be stubborn, tricky, and time consuming.
In the end, the client was extatic to finish the bold red pattern seating, and sit at the same table that her late mother did, years before.

Very rough, painted multiple times, deep mould, and in need of serious repair... what did I get myself into?!