What Do You Get When You Cross a Vintage Crib End and Chair?...
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Suzette
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I create and build furniture, lighting, wall art, folk art, decorative nautical oars, mailboxes, spackle art, whirly gigs, well, pretty much what ever comes to mind, all from re purposed items. Thanks for lookin' :)
First I took the chair apart. It was old and pretty easy to get apart. (Please keep in mind, I did this as I went along. I didn't have a plan).
Take your chair apart until you are left with just the two sides/legs. As a side note: Try to salvage your dowels to use later in the project. Don't worry if they break off near the hole, you can still use what's left.
I cut the back of the chair down to where the red ribbon is. I left this on for added support for the back. Once I cut them down, I lifted up the crib to my desired height, I marked the seat back, then drilled holes for my screws. I like to hide my screw heads, so I measure the width of the dowel to my drill bit and go about 1/4" into the chair wood. Then a smaller drill bit to match the screws I'm using to go all the rest of the way through the chair back. Once you've got all your screws in, simply place the dowel in the hole, mark it flush with the wood and cut off any excess.
I used reclaimed wood for the seat. Because my chair was wider in the front, it gave this bench the same effect. I laid out all my wood across the seat, then drew a line underneath to give me my angles. I just cut them and attached. I left an overhang so I could run a support board across the front, as shown.
My last step was to add a board underneath for stability. I Painted then used a vintage burlap split pea bag as a cushion cover.
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In time there will be before, during and after pictures....getting a good clean dry work area fixed.
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Your Very welcome :-)
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