This captain’s chair was sitting outside in the rain at my chiropractor’s office waiting to go into the skip. During my treatment, I mentioned the chair to him and asked if I could have the chair to practice on. I had never restored a Captain’s chair before and thought it would be good practice for me. If l failed I had lost nothing but my time and the chair could continue its journey to the tip.
We all know how expensive it is to buy a house, so buying new furniture to furnish it is out of the question. The previous owner left this dresser behind in the house and my daughter wanted me to give it a makeover.
I had recently given an old headboard a geometric design makeover and she wanted this dresser to match that design. When the dresser arrived it reminded me of the orders I receive from China, looks good in the pictures but rubbish in reality. But I have tackled worse than this dresser if this antique dresser was anything to go by.
Do you have an old garden statue that you love, but it has become worn out and haggard-looking, then this post is for you? I am a big fan of Buddha statues and they are by no means cheap so I wanted to paint mine to get it looking great again. Browsing around our local hardware store I saw this granite spray paint which will make my plastic look like granite stone.
A lady I know was advertising some old furniture that she was trying to get rid of because she was no longer able to restore them herself. I went and had a look and at the top of the heap, I saw this commode chair sticking out. On closer inspection saw the pictures on the front and it was love at first sight.
This couch was posted on my local Buy, swap and sell site. The owner stated that it was put outside and if you wanted it you could come and pick it up. They said if it was still there the next days it was going to the dump. This was one of my early day restorations so there is no step by step instructions. But I wanted to show that just because it looks like trash it does not have to be. I could see the potential but I have not done a restoration like this so I thought it would be a good practice run for me. My intention was to try and restore it and get some practice at the same time.
This was one of the first projects I had done so no step by step tutorial but still great to share and to give others ideas. I saw this prison coffee table on my local for sale site for $10.00 and loved the design and thought I could give it a makeover. It is called a prison table so the lady told me but someone must have broken out because so many of the bars were broken or missing. The photo above was taken 4 years after I first gave it a makeover and one of the bars broke again, thanks to the kids.
I am always on the lookout for interesting looking furniture, and my local facebook marketplace is one of the best places to look. There is always someone getting rid of furniture that they no longer want, and most of the time it is free. But saying that the free furniture is usually in very poor shape. The previous owner had started to sand the table but gave up for some reason and gave the table away.
