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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

I save chairs

Start with funky 60 year old, very used, plastic and metal cafe chairs.
Disassemble with screw driver and pull out all the staples, rip off old vinyl, use as a pattern to cut new oilcloth covers and back. Using staple gun, stretch over seat innards and staple, staple, staple. Work on opposite sides, alternating sides, rotating until whole seat is done. Do the same with back and back cover. Use furniture tacks to attach back and back cover. Screw the whole thing back together. Do again 3 more times. See, what's old is new again, reuse, recreate, be thrifty, recession era beauty and all that. It is about the New Year even though it's really about new chairs....