Here are 2 Rustic reclaimed wood bungie / rubber hose or whatever strechable rope / hose / bungie you can find that will support a big boned Walmart shopper and still be comfortable, chairs. The design was taken from an instructable plan from the instructable website which was taken from the book ‘PlyDesign: 73 Distinctive DIY Projects in Plywood (and other sheet goods)’. The chair plan from that book was designed by Wil Holman. Maybe from Mother Earth website. It might be an offshoot of the lanyard chair or loom chair. But, you know, I really don’t have time to do all the research. Anyway the red one looks just like the on from the forementioned places. The other one is a variation on the same idea. When it comes to comfort… Comfort is a relative term, is it not? However, both are pleasing to the eye, are they not? The wooden chairs were made from reclaimed, recycled and repurposed wood. I used a ‘discount’ rubber hose from the Harbor Freight store. The quality of the stuff that they sell can be somewhat subpar. This ‘subpar-ness’ of the “rubber-like” hose has translated into a slightly less than ideal level of comfort. The original chair plan calls for a recycled rubber hose that you clean. I imagine you should really, really clean a used air hose before you use it in your chair. To acquire this used air hose for this wood bungie chair, you need to persuade a mechanic to give you one that is broken. Which means he/she would have to have a broken one on hand. The other option would be to go “dumpster diving” behind auto mechanic shops. Both options seem incredably un-appealing to me. So, as you can see, my decision to buy one at Harbor Freight tool store was a “no brainer”. The other wood chair was made using clear flexible water piping bought at one of the big box hardware stores. The really cool pillows were made by Grandma Luthin.
Here is a wood chair, cabinet and light made from wood collected from various neighbors. As the saying goes “One man’s discarded wood in good to fair condition becomes another man’s patio furniture”. The relatively un-rustic chair, table / cabinet and lamp were designed for drawing, working or reading outside. Everything was primered and then painted with two coats of white latex paint to hide the good to fair to poor condition of the wood. The wood chair, cabinet and light were all made from recycled or reclaimed materials. I still haven’t figured out the difference between something being recycled or reclaimed. I think I will ‘Google’ it. (after a brief intermission) I just tried “Google-ing” the terms ‘recycled vs. reclaimed’ because it would be great if I and someone reading this blog post might actually learn something together. Getting back to the Google search. I was reading the first result from the google search which was written by a self described ‘Eco-Patriot’. He described at great length the differences between recycled and reclaimed. He also added the word ‘recovering’. After reading, well actually skimming, well actually reading the first sentence then quickly losing interest. Needless to say, I wasn’t able to read the other 455,000 other results that came up, therefore, I have not learned anything. However, now I can throw in the word ‘recovered’ when talking about things that are ‘recycled’ or ‘reclaimed’. If I run out of things to say then I’ll ‘recycle’ the article by cutting and pasting it into this here blog post. The danger of doing this, besides recieving a ‘ cease and desist’ letter, is that if it is easy for you to understand the article, then I will look like a complete idiot for not understanding it myself. So let’s just say the article was so poorly written that it was totally incomprehesable to either you or I. So, we can all agree that it is not my fault. The white painted recycled chair was patterned after a porch swing, I found in a book with woodworking plans. The reclaimed wood chair was made so your arms have room to move and is tilted slightly forward so it is easier to stay alert and work on your project. The recovered wood chair is also a little higher so your legs are able to stretch and circulate. The cabinet next to it was made from reclaimed plywood and has three shelves to store some stuff and things. The wooden cabinet has knobs made from tree branches. You can’t see them in the photo, so you’ll just have to imagine how awesome they are. The cabinet opens on both sides. I guess for convenience. I can’t really remembered why I made it that way. The hinges for the cabinet where bought at the ‘Habitat Restore’ which sells hardware that were apparently left over and/or not good enough for a ‘Habitat for Humanity’ Habitat, that I can only assume was being made for humanity. The lamp was made from a work light and two pieces of wood. It allows you to work or read at night. Lights are very useful in the dark. You might want to make a note of that for future reference. See you did learn something.
This Rustic wood folding chair is made for the beach. It has never actually been to the beach. It has heard about the beach and even seen pictures, but it has never been. The folding chair has basically been on the front porch watching the cars going by. This wood chair has also seen the occasional Jehovas Witness as well as traveling salesmen selling landscaping services, magazine subsriptions and automobile windshields. Yes, a man once offered to examine my windshield for free to see if I needed a new one and lo and behold he found a problem. It was some kind of blemish, perhaps a nick or scratch of some sort. This man had the eyes of an eagle. Anyway, I passed on his windshield replacement or repair services. But I did keep the free window inspection. The chair and I where both bewildered. Anyway, getting back to the subject at hand. It was made from a discarded wooden shipping container. That perhaps was used to ship something somewhat large. The wood container was disassembled (obviously) and then hand planed by hand. The slats where then rounded with a drawknife and then but together with exterior grade wood screws. I can’t remember what type of finish I used because it was made about ten or so years ago. The reclaimed wood chair has a weathered look, mainly due to the weather. This folding beach chair has seen better days and I have seen better chairs. There are actually two of these wooden chairs. The other one looks exactly like the other. So just hit the ‘refresh’ button on your web browser and it will be just like seeing the other one. If you are interested in some other rustic woodcrafts I have made go to the gallery page at this website or click on the Etsy link to go to my store “BradLuthinWoodcrafts”. Thank you for your time.
