What do you get when you buy a pair of worthless wicker chairs from a thrift store?
If you said ‘Disproving stares from your husband,’ you are correct, but what else?
‘Heavy sighs and eye rolls?’
Yes, but no. You’re on the wrong train of thought. Here’s a hint: you remove the worthless wicker part and add some boards instead!
Any guesses?
No?
Well, just take a look at what Better After reader Lori created and then maybe you’ll see what I’m talking about.
Oh yeah, you made a super cool bench out of those worthless chairs. Who’s rolling their eyes now, huh? That’s right, NO ONE!
27 Comments
Brooke
May 14, 2014 at 7:59 AMThat is GENIUS!
Jessica H
May 14, 2014 at 8:10 AMHoly wow, that was clever!
Shea
May 14, 2014 at 8:13 AMLove the title of this post!”…Adele Dazim.” “Thank you, Jorn Tavolto!”
Also, that bench is so my style! I am probably going to spend my whole Saturday going to every thrift store in town.
Lindsey @ Better After
May 14, 2014 at 11:35 AMHa! Glad someone picked up on it! 😉
Julie
May 14, 2014 at 8:14 AMWow! This is pretty fabulous!! Love the creativity!
Cammie
May 14, 2014 at 8:15 AMThat is perhaps the most creative thing I’ve seen in a long time. I love it!
Jane
May 14, 2014 at 8:47 AMOh, what memories … I had those exact chairs back in 1985 and thought I was stylin’. I never would have thought to combine two to make a fabulous bench. Very impressive and so creative!
Vel
May 14, 2014 at 8:49 AMThis is genius! I want that bench!
Janet
May 14, 2014 at 8:59 AMI absolutely did not see that transformation coming. Awesome and beautiful!
Michelle L
May 14, 2014 at 9:16 AMOoh! One of my favorite Better Afters ever!
Jake's a Girl
May 14, 2014 at 9:46 AMThat’s not fair! So smart and Love it!
Bee
May 14, 2014 at 10:21 AMI have not been a fan of the trend to take two chairs and make them into a bench because usually the bench looks stupid and uncomfortable.
THIS chair-into-bench transformation is cool though! Good work taking something dated, tacky, and broken, and making it into something to love.
Kelly Deal
May 14, 2014 at 10:53 AMWow! Looks great!
Roseann
May 14, 2014 at 11:18 AMJust want to say if they were vintage Marcel Breuer chairs they were worth a few hundred dollars a chair. That said very creative idea if they were just cheap knock-offs.
Emily
May 14, 2014 at 11:29 AMI don’t particularly love this one, but more significantly, I’m with Roseann – I sure hope these are cheap knockoffs!
Gillianne
May 14, 2014 at 11:44 AMDitto other comments about the Breuer chairs, a design classic–and surprisingly comfortable. I LOVE the look of the bench, but my, if those were originals…. Likely not, though; knock-offs abounded. Huge points for creative thinking and execution in this ‘after.’
Andrea @ Project Simple Home
May 14, 2014 at 1:45 PMlove Love LOVE! Sometimes simplicity really is the essence of style!
Jen
May 14, 2014 at 2:44 PMDude. I have those cheap knockoff chairs. More importantly, I have the frames, cause the seats were grody and husband already took them apart to chuck into the garbage can. And more importantly… I NEED A BENCH! What!
Lindsey @ Better After
May 14, 2014 at 4:40 PMWell that works out perfectly!
roberta
May 14, 2014 at 5:50 PMI can’t believe it, I have just disposed of my chairs like that from the 70’s they were good quality ones but worn out!
Becca
May 14, 2014 at 6:34 PMGenius! I would have never even thought to do that. I love it!
Debbie Christianson
May 14, 2014 at 6:47 PMWow! This is an incredible transformation. I’m going to be on the lookout for a few of these. 😉 Thanks for the inspiration!
Allie B
May 14, 2014 at 6:51 PMI’m with Roseann…I actually physically cringed when I saw the after! I really, really hope that 2 Breuer chairs weren’t butchered for that when they could have just been re-caned and lasted for another 40 comfortable years! (I grew up sitting on Breuer chairs and they are now in my dining room. So gorgeous and incredibly comfortable.)
Stephanie, Sandpaper and Glue
May 15, 2014 at 5:43 AMI love the after- really resourceful and much less dated!
Suzan
May 15, 2014 at 9:57 AMI HAD those chairs in the 80’s – wish I’d kept them now – what a gorgeous transformation!!!
Desiree
May 15, 2014 at 5:14 PMBrainiac.
caroline [the diy nurse]
May 19, 2014 at 4:17 PMBrilliant!! I actually have those chairs- a vinyl bottom though and in perfect shape. If they ever get destroyed this will be my back up plan!