God spilled the paint

Springtime.....

please hurry!

The east side of Carrizo plain, in the Temblor Range California.

Photo by Barbara Mathews on May 14, 2005

Nothing man can ever do could equal the glory of God's creations.



Rocking Chair Refurbished

I was not sure what to do

with this old Rocking Chair

when we inherited it.

It was fragile and in desperate

need of repair.



The woven seat was brittle, broken

and only partially attached.

The bottom rocker

on the right side was

not attached to the frame

in the front and the hardware

was severely rusted or missing.

We found Randy, a local

furniture restorer

http://www.bearsboardsllc.com/

and he went to work

disassembling the chair

and making the repairs.

A couple weeks later,

when the chair was repaired,

we went back to Randy

and choose the color stain

we wanted. 

Randy called to say the

chair was done a few days later.

 

Isn't it beautiful?

We could not believe that

this was the same fragile chair.

The stain color was perfect

and the frame was solid and sturdy.

Now it's time to weave a new seat!

 

After watching several YouTube videos,

I decided on the material and

pattern that I wanted for the seat.

If the people in the videos could

weave a seat in under 2 hours,

so could I right?

I ordered 2 coils of 1/2" flat reed

from http://www.basketmakerscatalog.com/ps/

and watched more DIY videos

about Herringbone seat weaving.

When the reed arrived,

I set-up my workshop in the basement

and started weaving.

I have never work on a project like this

and was nervous and anxious

to see the outcome.

A few hours later,

Our antique rocking chair

is finally completed.

That wasn't so hard, was it?

I don't know the complete history

of this old chair, only that it spent

it's life at my Grandmas home

in the mountains of

West Virginia.

I LOVE IT!

By the way,

Randy mentioned that this chair was used a lot

and someone using the chair leaned to the left

because the rocker on the left side is worn nearly flat.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kelly

  



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Kelly