"New" kitchen chairs

Ever since I was single, I've had a "set" of mismatched wooden chairs for our kitchen table. I had always wanted to paint them, and only recently thought of how I might do that. However, it would be a lot of work, and the chairs had gotten quite dirty! So, when my mom told me about a set of 6 newly recovered vintage chairs from the 1950's in red and black for only $100, I had to tell her to get them. She happened to call us as we were driving up there for the wedding, so we were able to take them home with us. I must say, I love having "cool" chairs, and I love that they match -- however, I have visions of what they might become if I don't clean-up right away after the girls!