Tuning in!

 I had this old knee-chair in my workshop - cushions and fabrics braking apart - so I got the idea of tuning it a bit.

And since I'm doing this blog, my brother happened to give me a pile of strange junk to work with.

 I got an idea to tune the chair bit more and make the piece of wood as a back rest for the chair.

 Took everything apart. Old foams had became partly dust, and none of it was too attractive,

but the frame had actually nice curves.

 

So I flipped the spike threads to the other side to get that pristine surface of wood that was inside to the bottom. 

 Then took apart this old mattress and cut the cushions out of it.

 Piled it up, sew it on and made it ready for the surface.

             And finally wrapped the leather.

 Then modelt these old irons from a raincutter in their place.

Fit in the back rest and made a small cushion for it.

And added these random pieces of another chair I found drifting in the river the day I was making this, then made a small box behind the seat.

And here it is, a strange coincidence for a chair.

Long Live the Pope

This hanger is called the Pope, for the marvelous mitra in his head and gorgeous cross in chest.

Let me share you the story of this piece.

 

  I received this coat hanger from my mother-in-law and got inspired from the piece on top.

 Took it apart and threw away all the plastics.

I thought to mate them with this water meter and was delighted to notice the cross.

 I got to work and drilled some holes and made some threads

 I used the old screw threaded rods and centralized them with a washer as well as used other old holes.

More drillings and helixes for the hangers.

 Cut piece out of brass plate and fitted it bedind. Also glued some strong cardboard on the edges to soften the contact with the wall.

 The cross in the chest and the golden lining in the hat from old electric wire gives it the ceremonial touch.

The Gifts of Life

I'm happy to present you the first actual post according to the spirit of this blog!

I have made something beautiful out of something I have received as a gift!

 

 So here's the story;

 I received this lamp base my brother had found and got inspired.

 I had this old roof fan to put apart...

...and a bit of chromed waterpipe to get it steady...

 ...with few tough guys to pick on a washing drum.

Getting it even and attached,

 making few holes for the lappings.

And here we are!

Transformers

So this is a story of how these two broken chair frames skipped from a dumpster...

became this lovely set of furniture - a footstool and a table.

So first the chairs had to be dissambled by heating and hammering.

Starting from the footstools,
 all four side beams were cut to also fit with the frontlegs.

Gluing together the front legs of both chairs and the side beams and we have the frame.






Adding the stabilizers to fit with the new curves.

                                Voilà! The frame can now carry some weight.


 











Then something to sit on. The paper pattern on the left turns in to a piece of plywood that is fitted to be tight on the frame.

And to get some softnessn I found something to use.
One layer of green board used usually under laminate floor and totally random broken swing chair for the fluffy part.

Since the pieces of superlon were too small, some sewing had to be made taking this in to the limits of what is sensible recycling.

On the right the layers of the seat with some even fluffier stuff from the swing chair on the top.

                    Cutting the fabric, taking out the sharpies and getting the corners tight.

                 All around evenly.

                                                               And here it is!

So while my wife tested it out for the feet I received another idea of a 'maybe round small table' to lay a tea cup and a magazine on, so I had to check out what was left from the chairs.

So there happened to be an old disc of plywood in the attic and it opened up a world of possibilities.

 I cutted the back legs, pegged 'em and fitted the disc in the middle with milling cutter.

 Measured the angles and cutted the back pieces of the chair accordingly 120 degrees.

              Glued them on to each others.

Measured the next piece and cut it.

 Then glued everything including the left overs.

And then glued the 'tortoise shell' in the bottom of the cross to strenghten the lover level of the table.







Cutted the front pieces of the chair to fit the table.

 Made them fit.

Put some pegs in between,

                 And got them nice and sturdy.

Then the next issue of fitting it needed a small twist.

Fitting and making a hole for a steel peg to keep them sturdy.

And gluing some leftovers in the corners to make it more round.

Drawing the deck in to a brown thick paper as well as to an old fabric to give the table softness.

Then the actual fabric cut bigger then the other layers.

 Staples hit on all sides sterching the fabric and putting opposites first.
The table top is held in place by lovely screws.

And here we go. A place for one satisfied customer :)