Thursday's Theme - {Don't Just Sit There!}

I have a bunch of old, broken chairs out in my workshop that have been hanging on my walls and taking up space, so I decided to finally do something with a few of them this week.

I bought 3 of this style of chair at an auction.  This one had a broken seat, and the other 2 only had seats - no back rests.  Originally I thought maybe I could combine 2 of them to get 1 complete chair, but there was really no way to do it.

 The back is absolutely gorgeous, so I cut the back away from the rest of the chair and added 5 old nails that have really pretty patina to them, so now it can be used as a peg/herb-drying/key/jewelry rack.

 Another gorgeous antique chair, but there was no seat at all on this one, so I just had to cut the lower portion of the back legs off.

I love the embossed designs in these old chairs.

 I added 7 of the nails to it, also.

I don't like to let any old wood go to waste, so I wanted to come up with some use for the lower part of the legs.  I batted around a few ideas, like turning it into a sign of some sort, but when I hunted around through my stash and found a few little old bread pans, they seemed like the perfect thing.

 It's projects like this that make me glad I hang on to every screw I remove from other old things, because a shiny, new screw would look out of place against old metal and wood.

The only problem is, my tiny drill bit broke, so I couldn't pre-drill the holes in the wood.  This was another middle-of-the-night project and I didn't want to wait until the next day to get a new drill bit, so when I screwed the top pan in, it split the wood a little on the back side.  The pans are still pretty sturdy on it, but I was very annoyed by that.  I also changed my mind about the placement of the top pan, so you can see the extra hole made.  Fortunately, none of that shows from the front side, and the pans are still attached firmly.

You probably don't remember this old chair that I posted about way back in October of 2011.  I had hoped to reupholster it.  My mom attempted to help me, but we failed, and it's been sitting in the workshop with all the other poor chairs that have been waiting for me to pay attention to them.

I was going to try again to fix it, but apparently it had gotten banged around in the workshop one too many times, and a piece broke off, which couldn't be fixed.  Although I was sad about that, it was a bit of a relief to have a reason to break it down into smaller parts that I knew I was more likely to
have some success with.  My grandfather, an upholsterer, would
be embarrassed that his granddaughter can only tear fabric off chairs, rather than fix them up.
Oh, I wish I had his skills.

Honestly though, I love the "bones" inside old chairs, so I'm happy to just let them show.  My husband cut the back away from the chair and I just added a hanger to the back.  Nothing else was needed.

The original jute webbing is still in good condition, so now photos can be clipped to it, for a unique photo display.

I used some old paper clips, but little clothespins would be cute too.

I removed the front two spindle legs, for an unknown future project, but I still had the back legs from this chair to work with.  

I loved the old piece of burlap that was attached to it, so I left it in place.  I thought about adding a basket or tin to it as well, but under the original seat cushion, was a piece of metal mesh.  I decided the two pieces had been together so long, I might as well leave them together, so I attached the mesh behind the chair legs, so now it can be used as a magnet board.

I thought I was finished, but when I went out to my workshop, I discovered another set of chair legs hanging on the wall - I don't even know where the rest of the chair went!  This time I decided to hang some old Ball lightning jars from it, using some quirky curly wire salvaged from a mattress.  

 I just removed these little springs from the mattress yesterday, and was going to throw them away, when I realized I could probably use them on some project in the future.  Didn't realize it would be such a near future.  They were just right for hanging the jars.

I still actually have a few more chairs that I didn't get a chance to work on, so there will be more weird chair projects coming in the future.  All of these pieces are available in the Knick of Time shop, except the very first one, which already sold.

Now I need to go sit down and rest somewhere!
Blessings,

Angie

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