An old chair I wanna fix up in an eco friendly way

[burntbuffalo]

Reduce/Reuse/Recycle:
Fixing Vintage Furniture rather than buying new is better for the environment, but only if you fix it up using ecofriendly means, so I need some help.

Yesterday I found a reproduction women's sitting chair that looks almost exactly like my grandmother's authentic sitting chair. It was so cheap that I had to buy it, warts and

Comments

[xgirasolx]

It needs to be totally refinished, in the meantime you could oil the wood so it matches better.

[burntbuffalo]

That's what I was afraid of...totally refinishing it. But, I will eventually. For now, I will just tie the springs and reweb the bottom. I think I've figured out how to do that part :).

[lutraphile]

ooooh, YUMMY! :D lucky you!

[hottippic]

It does look like it needs to be completely refinished. You could look around for other LJ communities about furniture, DIY, etc, and you'd probably get some better suggestions there.

[hottippic]

A few suggestions for where to start:

http://community.livejournal.com/do_it_yourself/
http://community.livejournal.com/woodworking/

[burntbuffalo]

Oh thanks! I found a couple comms but didn't think to try searching for wood working.

I'm definetly going to refinish it when i go to reupholster it, but for now the fabric is alright, so I think when I move to a new place I'll do it to match some other pieces I'm doing to coordinate with each other :).

[morgan303]

Try instructables.com - they're wonderful.:)