Trash to Treasure Chair Restoration
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- I got distracted this week because I found a BEAUTIFUL super old chair and had to restore it!
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As an amateur with woodworker, i typically feel overpowered with the entire arrangement th-cam.com/users/postUgkxrYREG3-7f1Aqk9ams3ZESRNzGnfdUtyQ . Be that as it may, this arrangements drove me through with much clarity and effortlessness woodplans. Works i now work like a genius. That is great!
Normally I favor natural finishes for solid-wood pieces, but the paint hides the patch work. Plus you are the one who saved it from the garbage so anything you do is definitionally a net positive--you get to do what you want.
Love, love, love the patch you made! Using the router with the bearing guide to make the patch blend in with the curve of the chair - that is super slick! I am glad you showed the chairs in the trash on the street first - I never would have picked them out as being something special. But the matt black really makes the extraordinary design of the chair stand out. Well done you! Müll in Schatz verwandeln 24-7! :)
“Love, love, love…” is my sentiment exactly!
Slick is exactly the word that came to mind when it was finished!
Gorgeous! I think I would have kept the gold seat cushion pins just to add that pop of gold
I thought the same but I think they were non-salvagable. They're just too bent once you force them out of the wood.
I cried a little when you started to paint that beautiful wood black. Still an amazing piece as usual though.
It’s a beautiful chair. I would have used brass tacks on the seat, since there are brass screws on the wood. 🐝🤗❤️
The pair of chairs will be stunning in old house!
Two splendid examples of what in English we call a Captain's Chair, and an excellent restoration job. The dominant feature marking it as a Captain's Chair is that the single heavy rail forming the back and arms. (It might not be a single piece of wood, but it functions as a single unit in most Captain's Chair designs.) This is often extended up the back, sometimes quite a lot, with upholstery being optional in general, but some designs it's integral. Then there are similar designs where the supports have fabric stretched between them, but this is properly called a Director's Chair. MOST Captain's Chairs have spindle turned supports, but not always, so you get things like bow-back Captain's Chairs.
The other main kind of wooden chair you see is the dining chair. Sometimes people confuse a variant of a dining chair called a carver for a Captain's Chair, but one of the few things that is always consistent is that a carver is a dining chair with arms added to it (a base dining chair without arms is called a single) so there won't be a single heavy rail that forms both arms and the main portion of the back.
I've never seen an example of a Captain's Chair with that exact type of arm supports, but there are so many variants just in the English-speaking world that it's impossible to know all o them, never mind variations that were built in countries with somewhat different furniture traditions.
Beautiful chair and I love the black, has some Lovecraft vibe to it, just perfect.
But you definitely need to write your name and restauration date on the underside of the seat. Imagine the next person who finds the chair can read about it's history.
This!!
Sign your work. This! lol
I agree : sign your work. Take Jimmy DiResta for example: he puts his name on just about anything he touches 😁. Each person who works with his hands should sign the objects he makes. I remember an episode of the Little House in the Prairie where Charles Ingals made furniture in his name to leave a trace in history once he was gone. I found it very moving. Think of the emotion of someone who will discover your signature in a hundred years...
@@th.l.7768 I remember reading about a man who had built a desk for his wife and he wrote a beautiful poem about her on the underside.
They found it long after his passing.
@@isegrim1978 Thx for sharing that lovely story.
Love how you allow us to see even the fine details of your sanding/paint removal process. Educational and visually satisfying at the same time. Really love your work and you ability to share with others
It is your eyes, your mind, your heart, your joy! You should never, ever, ever care what I think. Ya did good.
Sehr schön! Large pieces in dark brown are SO depressing! The wood, black color, and black skin, together they just highlight the beautiful design of the chair.
"Well done" is a huge understatement.
Grüsse aus Dänemark! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
I think it's not what someone else might think of something that it's for your personal use and taste.
It's the upcycling process, the reveal of the beauty in the object and the thought process that awakens in all of us.
You went with all black chair, and probably a part of your viewers also would've went, and others might have taken another path.
Like the cliché says: it's not the end result that is important but rather the journey.
Congratulations, Laura!
From Thomas Jhonson Antique Furniture Restoration, I would tell you that he always labels all the connections 😉. Beautiful job!
I love, love, love that you used fish glue for this-the perfect blend of open time and tackiness for a project of this sort, and historically accurate too.
I love it!!! It looks ready for another hundred years!!
I love the way that you will find something that has been thrown away and bring it back to life again. And most of the time make it better. Now you have old chairs to go in your old house. They will look brilliant there can’t wait to see how they will look.
❤️ the music 🎶 I would have left the wood natural with the brass screws and brown or black leather. Possibly with your logo embossed in the leather… But the black looks also great 👍
T'is a thing of beauty and a joy forever! You have a very good eye for furniture and I am so so Glad that You rescued those two chairs!
I think I have watched all your videos following along since you started, and every time you still inspire me to try new things and learn with every new video. Please please keep them coming.
You said it exactly - it now looks so modern & fresh! Excellent work.
It's beautiful and obviously you love it. It's your chair so I'm glad you made it your own.
I love the black finish to the repaired & upcycled chair. Its a great way to make a classic design fit the modern home or office.
I would have voted natural finish until I saw the finished result!! I love the result. It brings the chair into this century.
Painting it black and adding this black leather: the chair looks very cool, Laura!
Looks great! Only thing I would have done differently is reuse the old leather seat. The new smooth black against the old scuffed leather with those hammered brass upholstery pins would have been so striking.
Thank you for your rescues. Restore/Repair/Repurpose is my mantra. Virtually everything in my sphere of influence belongs in this category. I can’t wait for my next trip to Köln. Hoping to see your fine works first hand.
Really like the black. I think anything you rescue from the garbage is fair game. Also a lot of older chairs were meant to painted because the woods didn't match.
Those old upholstery tacks are fantastic, absolutely fabulous save
Love the black. Nice work! Way better in black. Love, love, love!!!
I’d rather see it in all black, being used and appreciated in your shop, than in a landfill. Great job!
I just found your channel a couple of weeks ago and you are so talented. I just love watching you repair and building of things. Thank you.
I just love your videos you are the bomb in woodworking. I am the worst woodworker in America but It is just so damn fun I love my shop it is my happy place! I just turned 60 on the 20th I am retired from the army and sold my old company a few years ago. Now, I just play in my little wood shop more tools than knowledge but I'm getting there learning a lot from you! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
That chair is beautiful.....to me the beauty is in the age and the shape .
I like the black and I think it looks great, it's your chair and it's your choice. I like that you can see beauty in trash , always enjoy your channel.
good design is timeless and never out of style. And with the new color it fits to your setting.
Love the black! The chairs have such nice lines. They look great in black.
Wow stunning looking chair. Black was definitely the way to go. Great job.
Give a new life to an old object is fantastic! For the second chair i prefer natural color with the seat in brown leather and brass nails
Laura did it again. Satisfied my woodworking cravings😅😂
The design of the chair itself is a winner, meaning that to me it wouldn't really matter much in the end how it was finished. It's the design that supersedes the finish.
Well done Laura, no shiny and flash black but an contemporary Mat Black with a retro-vision to the early 1900 aestetics! kisses from Friuli - Italy
Matte black looks great on your refurbished chair. Great choice!
I was skeptical about the black, at first. But when I saw the finished product, you convinced me!
Wonderful and satisfying restoration Laura. Love the black stain and the Briwax on top was a nice touch too. Excited to see you again next week!
Looks great! Restoring garbage chairs is my favorite pasttime!
The brass hardware looks SO good against the black stain! I'm evenly split between solid color (hell yes aesthetic) vs a natural finish (mmmmm cozy wood). No wrong decisions, either way! Appreciate the work you do to share such cool projects with us. 🖤
LOVE it!! Very much reminds me of a rocking chair that I saved from a trash pile many years ago. One of the back slats was broken but even using the same woo it didn't look right stained, so we painted it using oil based paint. Went black with a bit of bronze metallic and over thinned the last coat to get a little cracking to make it look like old paint. My wife still loves it so much she had me paint our new headboard to match it.
Agreed the black looks great. Always fun. You are awesome.
Looks amazing. Like everything you do. Such a pleasure to watch. You look so serious when you work, and then the pure joy on your face when you present the finished project. Thanks so much !
Well done, Laura. The color is perfect. For the chair and for you. I enjoy, watching the video.
I used to have one of those chairs, they are very comfortable, I sold mine, when I moved, I Love that you restore, recycle, and reduce waste, it's got nice lines in the design, my guess is they were made in the 1950's
The finished product is gorgeous! Love the black!
I would have selected to stain it brown like it was, HOWEVER after seeing the piece finished.....it won me over. STUNING!!!!
That is outstanding, a wonderful restoration and rescue. Thumbs up.
The black looks stunning with the brass screws!
I like the black finish; it lets you see the design of the chair without any distraction of the wood grain. I have seen people finish traditional chairs with a first coat of milk paint in red or blue, then a second coat of black. Then sanding the black back to expose the first coat in high contact areas so it looks a hundred years old.
I always appreciate it when someone takes the time to pick a piece of furniture and give it a new purpose, whatever you had done with it would be leggit.
Black looks just great! Fantastic renovation. Love it
Your attention to detail is so impressive, you have so much patience. As far as the finish, depends on what room you're going to use it in, the other finishes in that room, over all scheme. It looks good and always glad when old pieces are salvaged and brought back to life.
I love patina but you did the right thing. I love restorations.
Wow that's awesome. Very beautiful design. You saved it. Can't wait to see more videos soon my friend. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Keep making. God bless.
Just recently found your channel and watched you tear out your wall. Love the revived chair. You are a pleasure to watch.
Your chair your color…….great job on the rescue Laura. Looks awesome 👍
Yes! Laura + restoration = top video!
The black is brilliant!!! Awesome choice!
Yes, black was my go to! 😁 Just to pop out that beautiful brass screws 😎 great job Laura
Back in Black, nice job and a second life for the chair, well done 😎
I love refinishing old furniture, I find it so satisfying to bring life back into the piece.
The matte black gives the chair a very 2D look and that somehow made Mary Reid Kelley's saynètes pop into my head. Cool stuff
Such a beautiful upgrade and it’s look fabulous in your place.
I think I would have stained it white as it would match my interior style better, but I really love the black stain too! It's so nice to see that these old treasures are saved and given a new life 😍
Loved it!
For MY home I would prefer the natural tone, but it looks amazing in black!
It honestly came out so gorgeous
Beautiful work!! Love how it sculptural it is.
So glad you saved this piece from the landfill! I'm not a particular fan of black furniture but seeing it completed I think it suits it very well and I'm glad you chose to go that route!
Reuse and restore ist always the best idea
I Like how the Chair gets a modern look
I love how you give this chair a new life. So beautifully done!
Wow! I thought a brown stain at first, but when I saw how great it looked with black stain and black leather cushion...it's much better the way you did it!
Beautiful!!! Black was the right call!!!
Great film, master at story telling. The chair is fabulous in black. Crazy someone was trashing it. Mahalo for sharing! 🙂🐒
Looks stunning! Love it with the black, think that’d look really nice with red leather for the cushion
This timeless design still inspires in 100 years.
Great work, black was the right decisson. Super!
Epic. Absolutely beautiful piece!
My thoughts on the finished results! Love the black chair, but!!! I really love the raw hide look for the seat pad. However, i truly respect your talent, craft, knowledge, and style. So this chair is so you. Cheers! When I was a child, I have sat on those types of chairs. My fondest memories is the worn colors on the leather, and I used to count the buttons, boredom did that to kids.... Cheers again.
Those are beautiful chairs, and i am glad you decided to rescue them. I agree that you should finish a restored piece of furniture in a way that would help it fit into its new home. The black paint was a nice touch. I don‘t know how you will style your home, but i think the chairs would go well with your house. I would use them as dining chairs.
As always, what a wonderful job! The chair in mattblack ist ein hammer!
This is stunning. Great job!
I love the mindset of reusing the resources and making the style your own! Stain is so much better than paint so the choice was solid 👌
The chair's design is the true beauty of this. I understand your choice in color. I think your effort will give it another 100 years of life! Well Done!
Ich liebe das matte schwarz! Habe mir selbst zwei Stühle restauriert - einen mit Wiener Geflecht und einen uralten Oma-Schaukelstuhl - und sie matt schwarz gemacht. Ich finde den Kontrast einfach super und finde, die eleganten Formen kommen so noch besser zum Vorschein! Klasse, Laura 👏
I would have clear waxed the natural wood and if possible re-used the original leather and brass upholstery pins. You did a wonderful job saving this lovely old chair.
The black finish looks tremendous, it fits the surroundings perfectly 👍🏻
The brass hardware on black looks great! Great work on the repairs as well! I'm super impressed at the level of effort you took to restore it.
Knocked it out of the park! Excellent work friend.
Absolutely Beautiful!
Exelent job Laura, the black is perfect color....
Love it..!!!!
Thx
That chair screamed black. Beautiful!
thanks for rescuing those chairs, something I might consider just from watching now. Personally I’m a „keep the wood natural“ person.
It looked really great in black! I also loved the raw beech, would be very happy with either the black or a finish closer to the natural color.