Landfill Rescue

Isn't "landfill" a much nicer work than "the dump"?  Either way

this beautiful chair was destined to make it's way to that place of

no return.  The seat of the chair was a little wonky and definitely

needed work but people.....look at the chair itself.  It was dirty and

has had one small repair on one arm but it is gorgeous!

(Warning - this is a photo-laden post!)

Here she is when we brought her home.  There was no thought

of painting her despite my tendency to paint everything!  The wood

grain on this red oak is just marvelous and the craftsmanship of the

chair itself (put together with wooden dowels) speaks for itself.

Mr. Biff cleaned and waxed the wood and took care

of pulling all the old nails.

I threw in a little liquid encouragement to keep him going!

I guess Mr. Biff didn't want his picture taken huh?  He grabbed

that pillow so fast I barely got a chance to click the shutter!!

 I restrung and covered the seat - a good collaborative effort.......

The little spade keyhole cutout in the back of the chair likely dates

this chair to the late 19th century although with no maker's mark

it's impossible to be sure.  The style is called a spool chair because

of the beautiful turned spindles on the legs.

Only the best fabric could cover this lovely and for those of you

who live on Vancouver Island or the Lower Mainland you know there

was just one place to go to get the best and that was Chintz & Company

in Victoria.  This Williamsburg fabric is a vintage looking damask

 and a perfect match for the chair.

 What do you think?  Isn't she a beauty?

She'll be for sale on our local "Used Nanaimo" page later

today and we'll see if anyone else loves her like we do!

If you are interested and live in the area - please contact me

for more information.

p.s. please check out my Digital Scrapbook Giveaway
here - still time to enter - giveaway closes June 9th at midnight PST.