What a great find. Only $3.00. At least I thought it was.
I didn't realize until I got home that the leg was totally glued together. Oops! So now what? I'm not going to spend time and money to fix it up. I don't want to donate it somewhere so someone else makes the same mistake that I did. And I can't even think of a use for any of the parts I could salvage. Off to the trash? Say it isn't so. If you have any ideas, let me know. Otherwise, lesson learned.
Janet
I saw a photo in a mag where they took the legs off and hung the seat and arms part to the wall as kind of a shelf. Not sure if you can do that with it. What a bummer and man how I've been there!
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Janet, I saw a darling chair at the Flea Mart in our town. I almost bought it, but it had other "problems". They had cut the legs down to make it a child-size chair. It was SO cute.
ReplyDeleteDon't throw it away....you could cut the legs down and use it for a variety of things. Planter on your patio is what I was thinking you could turn this into. Even use it as a reading chair to read to little ones if it was smaller.
ReplyDeleteloving the idea of cutting the legs down for a small reading chair for little ones!
ReplyDeletewell, will the glue hold? I think it looks like gorilla glue and if that's the case it will totally hold. Just apply some pressure to see if it will hold & if doesn't give at all then just paint it up / sand it & continue on :)
ReplyDelete??am I crazy?? don't answer that! ;)
Just use it as an accent chair. Put something cut on it and don't let anyone sit on it.....unless they are little.
ReplyDeleteI would paint it ( the wood) and use it somewhere. I had a favorite chair that had had it's back leg broken off during a move. It was glued back on with wood glue and let set for a while. It held up for at least 15 more years!!! It may still be going, as I finally gave it away.
ReplyDeleteIf it's still STURDY with the glued leg, what's the problem? Maybe 'reinforce' the glued leg with a brace or bracket from underneath, then proceed as originally planned. It may have to be used for 'decorative purposes only, and not to SIT on, but it's such a lovely chair! Broken leg and all!
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