Please wait until you can do it outside - or at least leave your garage door open! I put down newspapers and then a plastic shower liner down to work on. You'll also need some kind of a bucket to put the paint scrapings into.
I use stripper and then scrape the stripper and old paint off with a wide putty knife - then go over it again with very fine steel wool dipped in the stripper to get off anything that's left on the furniture. Start with an inconspicuous area, like the back of a leg to see what you've got.
Good luck to you - I think you will be very pleased with the result!