Have You Bottomed Out?! #30dayflip
by
Caroline
$5.00
2 Hours
Medium
Well not you exactly- your chairs! I got these chairs for a song because the bottoms were out. While you can buy the caning and spline to re-do them, they really weren't worth it.
They are reproductions and although they look pretty good, the backs are actually laminated and were starting to come apart.
I am participating with some other bloggers and blog readers in a where we choose a space and flip it. I am turning an old fish shed into a potting shed. I also want to be able to have my morning coffee out there so I knew I would be needing some chairs and a table (another post will be coming about the table)
They are reproductions and although they look pretty good, the backs are actually laminated and were starting to come apart.
I am participating with some other bloggers and blog readers in a where we choose a space and flip it. I am turning an old fish shed into a potting shed. I also want to be able to have my morning coffee out there so I knew I would be needing some chairs and a table (another post will be coming about the table)
-First I painted the chairs.
-I measured the opening to see how big to cut the replacement chair bottom.
Because these chairs are going to be used outside, I wanted to use water proof fabric. I also wanted to use them with a red and white table that I will show you later and because we have spent so much money on the lumber for the potting shed, I wanted it to be cheap or free!
Choose a screw that will go through the chair itself and the chair bottom itself without going all the way through the foam and fabric-or you will get a little surprise when you sit down!!
After all was said and done I wish I had made the seats a little larger. They are still better than falling through a hole, but they would have been a little more comfortable if they were bigger. Not all DIY's go exactly as planned, do they? We learn form our mistakes and move on to the next project!!
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
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Beautiful job! Thank you for sharing! So based on your information, my curbside find possibly had caning. I made the seat bigger and just covered the whole thing.
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They are in short supply because it is so time consuming no one will pay for it. I taught myself with a book. If you are patient and can macrame or embroider you can do it!
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