Last night I finished this. Completely upcycled hall chair. Hammered, nailed, glued, painted and upholstered by me. I asked Aaron to come and see the result and he actually liked it. He thought it was going to end up being a tacky piece of ick that he would have to destroy somehow.
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| Eli determined to be able to sleep on it |
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| 9.20pm when I finished and it was put in the Hall |
Eli's comment was "A seat is only good if you can sleep on it. So he decided to try that and ended up with his foot stuck through one of the slats and had to have parental assistance to extricate himself!
I am particularly pleased with the material and paint match. From my favourite store - Femme de Brocante - I purchased the Annie Sloan chalk paint (paris grey with a 1/3 paris grey and 2/3 old white mix on the middle slats) and the fabric for the cushion. There was a much "safer" fabric choice of grey with white dots. But after a bit of debate I decided this fabric would at least give it some individuality.
reupholstering - really pleased with my neat finish.
Some of my tools at this stage. Cutting the foam for the seat was not easy.
You win some and you loose some. I really wanted to get this right so after painting and waxing the chairs I used the previous seat tops to template on cardboard and then put in situ to set the correct space for the joining blocks. If I had looked closer I would have realised that seats were straight so all that time spent shaping has left a rounded seat that slightly protrudes. Blast!
Painted and ready to create seat base and topper - see the joining blocks in the middle.
So this hall seat started as two broken $5 chairs from the dump shop. I had to construct and glue a new strut in and then do various other gluing and filling as well as a bit of pattern making to work out how to get them to hold together the best. I found using power tools really relaxing as my concentration meant a clear mind at the end, not muddled by other things.
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Now that's thinking outside the square, Karen. Great job! Featured today...
ReplyDeleteWow! What a nice piece! I have never used chalk paint but I'm sure it's going to find me. haha What DIYer can escape something so pretty and with so many choices? I'll keep your DIY idea in mind for the next time I see chairs in need of love.
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