Sunday, May 6, 2012

Broken Chair...Headed For Trash

anybody have a teenager? how about a teenager that has a party while you are out of town? or one that has a party and breaks a chair? i'm sure i'm not the only one...kids do stupid things all the time...and i really liked this chair..
 
here is the chair that i dug out of the storage building...around here we tend to pile all of our junk in the building til we get ready to throw it out...i knew that it could be fixed...i just kept putting it off...do other people do that?

i used wood screws and wood glue to get it put back together...i always forget to take pictures in the right order...i just get too excited...i've been using these bed risers to do my painting on...they work perfect
the foot rest...it wasn't broken
here it is all finished...i painted it the same color as i painted my outdoor end table...if you would like to read about it click here...
trying really hard to get my porch spruced up..we still don't have the cover off of our pool yet...just so much i want to do and not enough time
another before and after...i'm in love once again :)
CREATING LOVE AND JOY

26 comments:

  1. What a GREAT idea. I love the colour you painted it too.

    I'd love it if you could share this at my monthly celebration of the outdoors link party! http://craftbotics.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/festival-fever-co-host-week-2.html

    Rosie
    http://craftbotics.blogspot.com

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    1. thank you~...i would love to share..i will be linking up

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  2. great job! you now have yourself a fabulous place to sit and relax!

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  3. Great transformation! Love it. Thanks for sharing at oopsey daisy!

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  4. lol! I totally laughed after reading the first part. Oh geesh, my kids have a couple more years before they're teenagers....I'm not sure I'm ready for it!

    Great job fixing the chair! Maybe it was better after, because I love the color!
    Thanks for linking it up @ Creatively Living!
    --Katie

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    1. katie, i have THREE teenagers! they sometimes drive me nuts...but make life so interesting! thank you, and i love your blog!

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  5. I really want to plop down in that pretty chair and read the latest Better Homes and Gardens.... :)

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    1. kammy, i haven't even tried it out yet...i'm so busy! hopefully soon though!

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  6. The after of the chair is gorgeous! Great job! Thanks for sharing at tip toe thru tuesday!
    Kim

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  7. Nice job! You are so right, it's to nice of a chair to throw out.
    Over from Curb Alert and wanted to say "hey"

    Andrea

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  8. Thanks for sharing! I have the same project to do...you have motivated me!!

    Heidi@HomemadeBeautiesByHeidi

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    1. aw, you are welcome...i would love to see yours when you get finished!

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  9. What a great chair - I'm glad you gave it a new life (:

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  10. Kids do crazy things...good thing we love them! You did a great job repairing the chair. I looks wonderful!

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    1. yes, they do crazy things...especially when you have 4! thanks :)

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  11. Hi Ashley, I wanted to let you know that I have featured your chair on tiarasandbowties.blogspot.com from tip toe thru tuesday! Stop and grab a button if you'd like!
    Kim

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    1. kimberly, YAY! of course i'll grab a button..thank you

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  12. It looks beautiful! I love it! I totally put things off too...for years sometimes...it frightens me ;)

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  13. yeah, kids! silly people. :)

    great job on your chair, love the color!
    gail

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