To refinish or not refinish your oak dining chairs is absolutely your personal choice. There are some people who do not wish to refinish their oak dining chairs at all and replace the whole set. Then there are others who have some emotional attachment to the oak dining chairs and they don’t want to replace them, so for them refinishing is the best option.

There is nothing wrong in refinishing and using the oak dining chairs for some more years as they don’t rot or get termites ever. Moreover if you are refinishing them instead of replacing you are saving the environment and it is your contribution to the green earth. Refinishing will also save you a lot of money.

Before refinishing, check out what are the things that need to be changed or replaced. Most probably, you would need to replace the upholstery as that gets discolored and torn after few years of use. You may also repair any loose legs while refinishing. You can do the refinishing yourself with little know how.