Chair Repair

A few years ago I found these two country French style chairs in a local shop.

They sit at a small table in my kitchen and have been used hardily.

This is where most meals are eaten and where

 morning coffee & papers are consumed.

I sit here to knit, work crossword puzzles and read.

Sadly, one is ready to retire.

But I love the chairs and am not ready to replace them.

I have re caned chairs in the past and felt sure I could repair the chair.

However, after inspecting the chair

I discovered the bottom, decorative piece of wood is attached

directly over the holes for caning.

Impossible to re cane!!!

I took the chair to my Dad,

who, by the way, can fix anything.

I thought perhaps he could take the chair apart,

I could re cane the seat,

he could reassemble it.

No.  He was having none of it.

Next I took it to a local furniture repairman.

No.  He was having none of it either.

Time for me to get creative...

...or make a last ditch effort to save my chair.

First I cut away the old cane.

Underneath the cane was some twine...

...which was also removed.

Next, painting the edge with the drilled holes.

I wanted to camouflage my next step as much as possible.

Other than the paint, these were the other two items purchased for my repairs.

My plan was to create a basket weave seat with

black webbing.

Because of the holes drilled for the previous caning

I had only a small lip on which to tack the webbing.

Not a totally elegant repair to my chair,

but at least I'll still get a bit more use from it.

I've added some cushions to the chair bottoms,

to hide the repair.

Of course, the new cushions necessitated a new tablecloth,

which I'll tell you about at another time.

This week I'm sharing with

Wow Us Wednesdays  at Savvy Southern Style

Open House Party at No Minimalist Here

Transformation Thursdays at The Shabby Creek Cottage