What Can You Make With An Old Chair?
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Shoppe No. 5
(IC: blogger)
2 Materials
$5
1 Week
Medium
I have gotten together with a group of talented bloggers, we will be creating a project and post about it each month. We call ourselves The Thrifty Chicks. What is different about this challenge is we will have a specific subject. This month the topic is chairs! And you know how I love to create things from chairs. So what can you make with an old chair?
I decided I would make a table out of the bottom of this old chair. But the top was not going to be an ordinary piece of wood. My eyes landed on fan blades and a table was born. Three blades fit across the base of the chair perfectly. But in order to make it a little more substantial, I used an old thin board and nailed it down.
After that was taken care of I nailed the three blades on top. They spanned the rails so it is pretty sturdy. Once the blades were nailed down, I used the nail set and tapped the nails in so they would not show.
When I paint a piece I always start by tipping it up and painting underneath. When it is dry I flip it right side up and complete the paint job. And I painted the entire piece in the gray.
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When the chair table was dry I painted the painted the top white. I liked it but it looked like it was missing something. Then it came to me…a funky table like this needs a fun stencil. And I had just the right one, “I Love You to the Moon and Back”!
To finish up this crazy looking table I sanded it and then waxed it. To learn more about how I worked on this chair table be sure to check out the blog post.
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Suggested materials:
- Chair Bottom (Curbside)
- Fan Blades (Curbside)
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
Published June 21st, 2017 9:18 PM
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Willette Buckelew Bagwell on Feb 16, 2019
Creative. Great recycle...
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Kathryn Tate on Jan 28, 2023
Beautiful!
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where did you get the stencil? it happens to be the theme for my granddaughter's room and I'd love to try this for her!