Tuesday, October 9, 2012

The Old Crow...Chair

Don't throw away those old chairs that have a hole in the seat! Turn them into a display piece.

 I bought this chair along with 2 others for only $10 for ALL 3. The other 2 are in good shape, only needing a fresh coat of paint. This one, however, had a pretty bad hole in the seat...
Having chairs re-caned can be expensive, and with this old chair, I didn't want to spend that kind of money.
 I decided the best thing to do was to turn it into a piece of art.

I bought a cute garden stake on sale at Michael's...
I love the crows!

I cut off the bottom of the stake and screwed the decorative part onto my chair...

I wrapped some grapevine & burlap ribbon around the chair...

To the seat, I glued down a moss & bark covered birdhouse that I also bought on sale at Michael's...

I tucked some Dollar Store Spanish moss into the hole in the seat and formed it into the shape of a nest...
I added a few eggs to the nest...

What a welcoming piece of art to greet guests...




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19 comments:

  1. great ♥
    lieve groet jenneke
    http://creaties-jenneke.blogspot.nl/

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  2. What a great idea! As a chair hoarder...I hate to see a good chair go in the trash..lol I learned how to cane when I was a kid and did a 4-H demo on it, another almost-lost art. So long ago and I wish I could do it now but these days my hands lack the strength.

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  3. That was brilliant! I need to keep all these clever ideas in mind when I'm looking at items in a thrift store or yard sale!

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  4. Folk art chairs are my favorite art pieces. I looked around the other day and I did not have a single chair to work on. I enjoyed watching the evolution of yours. Great piece of art!

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  5. That is SO cute! I would love to have that sitting on my porch or entryway! Very clever and creative!

    Found you on Bear Rabbit Bear's Things I've Done Thursday Link Party!

    Kristy @ Shona Skye Creations
    http://shonaskye.blogspot.com

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  6. So cute! Love how you made it a decoration! Thanks for sharing at the Pomp Party! Hope to see you back next week!

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  7. This is such a good idea. I use my old chairs to put into the garden with a hole in the seat of the chair and allow the flowers to grown up through. I love this chair.

    We may have met by chance...but we become friends by choice.
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  8. What a fun piece of art. Let's just hope that no 'old crow' really tries to sit on it. lol! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
    Hugs,
    Jann

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  9. wonderful way to recycle that chair too. thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop. Wishing you a beautiful day xo

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  10. I just started blogging end of May...the creativity that I see in blogland is amazing and yours is phenomenal!

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  11. Good save! Looks nice.

    Thank you for linking up at the Wildly Original party.
    <3 Christina at I Gotta Create!

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  12. What an inspiring idea!! You are the talented one!! I would have never thought of that!! Really awesome!!
    xxDaniella

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  13. One word...AMAZING!!!! hugs...thanks for sharing : )

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  14. Very clever-I love it! Have you ever redone one with old neckties woven together for a seat, that is cute too.

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  15. this turned out really lovely! we will be featuring this beauty today ^^) thanks for sharing!

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