Broken Chair Repair, Outdoor Treasures

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Trash to Treasure Outdoor Décor Hop: Broken Chair Repair

I love getting together with friends to show you a group of ideas and today is a fun one! My trash to treasure hunting buddies are sharing outdoor decor with you today…12 ideas in all, be sure to check out the list below. I’ve had two broken chairs waiting a longtime for their day in the sun!These chairs matched at one time, but one got cut down. This makeover gets them back to matching and adds height with finials. Coffee bean sack fabric is perfect for the new seat cushion.

Originally these matched, but unmatched chairs were purchased at a garage sale for $1/each. Honestly, that’s like giving them away. (I got some other amazing chairs you can see here) I bought them for my kid’s play house with plans to paint them bright colors with oilcloth seats. That never happened. I know y’all think I do a ton of projects here and I do, but I have a ton that get left undone too! With the whole playhouse to chicken coop conversion we have going on all the furniture from the playhouse got displaced which worked out great for a little sitting area I have been dreaming of!These chairs matched at one time, but one got cut down. This makeover gets them back to matching and adds height with finials. Coffee bean sack fabric is perfect for the new seat cushion.

Our front porch is long and kind of boring. I added a headboard bench last year with intentions of creating a nice little sitting area, so finally I’m one step closer with these chairs!

The two broken chairs are matching but the back of one had been cut down for some reason. To solve the uneven back situation I simply cut the other chair down to match with a chop saw.

The chair rails got re-secured with a little wood glue and the ladder backs got a good sanding.These chairs matched at one time, but one got cut down. This makeover gets them back to matching and adds height with finials. Coffee bean sack fabric is perfect for the new seat cushion.

These guys got a spray coat of my handy homemade chalky paint in my favorite color. I busted out the paint sprayer and tent for this project and the chairs only took a few minutes to coat. (I might have painted a few other things too 🙂 )These chairs matched at one time, but one got cut down. This makeover gets them back to matching and adds height with finials. Coffee bean sack fabric is perfect for the new seat cushion.

The chairs were a little stubby and all along I had planned on adding some finials to bring the height back up. These chairs matched at one time, but one got cut down. This makeover gets them back to matching and adds height with finials. Coffee bean sack fabric is perfect for the new seat cushion.

I drilled holes into the ladder back tops and twisted some wooden furniture legs in to sit as finials.These chairs matched at one time, but one got cut down. This makeover gets them back to matching and adds height with finials. Coffee bean sack fabric is perfect for the new seat cushion.

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DrillThese chairs matched at one time, but one got cut down. This makeover gets them back to matching and adds height with finials. Coffee bean sack fabric is perfect for the new seat cushion.

As for the seat covers, I love that fact that they already have been dressed in multiple decades! First in mauve velvet and next in country corn flower blue print. You know every time they got covered the owner thought, this will never go out of style, lol! These chairs matched at one time, but one got cut down. This makeover gets them back to matching and adds height with finials. Coffee bean sack fabric is perfect for the new seat cushion.

Well, my trendy fabric for this makeover is also CHEAP!!! I headed to a local specialty coffee roaster and picked up some coffee bean sacks for $2/each. It was fun, they let me dig through the stack they had and pick out the patterns I liked best, of course I grabbed some extras for some other projects I am thinking of!These chairs matched at one time, but one got cut down. This makeover gets them back to matching and adds height with finials. Coffee bean sack fabric is perfect for the new seat cushion.

They made the perfect seat cover and I stapled them right on top of the mauve and blue fabrics. Someday someone will wonder what I was thinking!These chairs matched at one time, but one got cut down. This makeover gets them back to matching and adds height with finials. Coffee bean sack fabric is perfect for the new seat cushion.

I kind of think of these coffee bean sacks as a poor man’s French grain sack! They are so pretty and a fraction of the cost! These chairs matched at one time, but one got cut down. This makeover gets them back to matching and adds height with finials. Coffee bean sack fabric is perfect for the new seat cushion.

There is a table I plan on re-doing to nestle in between these chairs and I’d like to add some other décor to make this a cozy porch sittin’ kind of place, but for today my stubby little broken chairs are looking so cute I’m gonna sit back and enjoy them!These chairs matched at one time, but one got cut down. This makeover gets them back to matching and adds height with finials. Coffee bean sack fabric is perfect for the new seat cushion.

I hope you’ll head over and see the other outdoor trash to treasure ideas my junk loving’ friends have come up with!These chairs matched at one time, but one got cut down. This makeover gets them back to matching and adds height with finials. Coffee bean sack fabric is perfect for the new seat cushion.

Kimm at Reinvented

Victoria at Dazzle While Frazzled

Pili at My Sweet Things

Randi at Dukes and Duchesses

Ashley at 3 Little Greenwoods

Courtney at All Things New Again

Lisa at The Purple Hydrangea

Tonya at Hey There Delyla

Denise at My Thrifty House

Wendi at H2O Bungalow

Jeanette at Country Design Style

Sam at Raggedy Bits

These chairs matched at one time, but one got cut down. This makeover gets them back to matching and adds height with finials. Coffee bean sack fabric is perfect for the new seat cushion.

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38 Comments

  1. Great set of chairs! Now I need a big yard to put stuff in…. I hope you are doing well and the weather is improving in your area. Still cool here, but I am not complaining.

  2. I adore the makeover and your seating area. I have a bed ready to become a bench this summer – I might just paint it white!

  3. Praise God for you. You are so talented. I enjoy your emails and Bible verses. Thank you so much and you have a very blessed day.

  4. Haha ????I like your comment about coffee sacks being the poor mans grainsack!!! That’s so true! Love the way your chairs turned out!

  5. Great redo! Love how you added the height to the chairs. Visiting from Trash to Treasure Blog Hop.

  6. Wooden legs as finials…that is genius!! Love the tobacco sacks as seat covers too! I am glad to see that I am not the only one that covers over old fabric, lol!

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