Two seater chair/bench
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This double chair was made out of 4 Mediterranean cane back chairs. They had padded and upholstered seats but the padding had flattened and hardened (very uncomfortable). So I decided to use them for my first project. The back of the double chair was made from the backs of 2 of the chairs. The seats and sides were made from the backs of the other two chairs. I used dry wall screws after predrilling the holes. Also, all holes were sunk in the wood and filled with wood filler. I matched the paint at Lowes, and touched up my handiwork. Pretty neat, huh? Click here to blog: /blog.html
Victorian chair into a bench
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Here is another bench that I made out of an odd marriage. A friend had given me an old Victorian chair (late 1800's), but it was in pretty bad shape with the upholstered back and seats ripped and the straw stuffing falling out. I cut the front legs and arms off and mounted them to a modern dresser mirror (mirror removed). I then framed in the seat and installed slats for the seat and back. Finally, I painted it flat black with an oil based paint. But I'm not done yet. I made the back of the chair into a mirror which I hung above the bench in my resale shop. Click here to Blog: /blog.html
Mirror made from the back of an old Victorian chair
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I cut the mirror myself from the mirror that I removed from the dresser mirror in the above project. It was my first time cutting glass and I did a pretty good job. If you try it remember to oil the blade, hold the tool straight up, not angled, and apply steady pressure while pulling the tool toward you along the straight edge in one steady slow motion. Try to start just barely past the edge. I didn't get close enough to the edge and ended up with a slight protrusion where I started the cut. But you have to look close to see it and the glass still fit perfectly.
Early recycling
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I can't take credit for this one. Posted it because I thought it was neat. Made out of a horseshoe, a pot and chain, and two other pieces welded together. Don't know if they were modified for this project or not. Also, I don,t know if the piece served some real purpose or not. Guess you could put a candle in it or maybe cook beans. Maybe you have some ideas. Blog this site and let me know.
Scrap metal Christmas Tree
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I had four chair springs left over from the Victorian Chair Project above. All of them were rusty, so I decided to make a rustic (rusty) Christmas tree out of one of them using rusty washers, springs, gears, keys and whatnot that I found in my small item catch all bucket in our shed. I glued everything in place with Liquid Nails Clear 100% Silicone Adhesive for metal that I purchased at Lowes. It's the kind in the squeeze tube, not the kind made for calking guns. The base is came from an old Jelly Belly jelly bean dispenser and the star came from a bag of Christmas tree ornaments that my wife found as Goodwill. This one was a lot of fun.
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Rusty chair spring
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This is the spring used in the above projects.
Metal parts for decorating
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Metal parts that I found in my shed that were used to decorate the "tree."
Garden table made out of a broken drop leaf table
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This drop leaf table was missing a drop leaf. I took the hinges off the remaining drop leaf and removed it from the table. I then sawed off each edge (the drop leaf and the table) so that I would have a nice even surface for attaching the two. Next, I mounted the drop leaf on the top edge of the table using straight brackets on the back. Also I screwed wood screws through the table into the drop leaf to make the back even more sturdy.
My original plan was to saw off the legs in order to lower the table to the proper height for a child's bench, but I changed my mind after I mounted the leaf to the top of the table. Besides, I can saw the legs off later if the "garden bench" doesn't sell.
My original plan was to saw off the legs in order to lower the table to the proper height for a child's bench, but I changed my mind after I mounted the leaf to the top of the table. Besides, I can saw the legs off later if the "garden bench" doesn't sell.