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    Repurposed Furniture » chippy chair planter

    chippy chair planter

    Published by Gail | Published June 9, 2017 | Updated June 24, 2021
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    I’m a sucker for a $5 chair. I think y’all know that about me. Rarely do I pass up chairs, and never when they are only $5. I got this chair from John’s booth at Vendors’ Village  back in the Spring. old chippy chair

    He actually had 2 of these, one with the bottom was a little more money.

     

    beat up galvanized buckets

    Little did I know that a couple of weeks later I would find these vintage galvanized buckets in the same booth. Imagine my surprise when I saw that the large bucket fit perfectly into the bottom less chair.

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    whitewash bottomless chair

    When I say chippy, I mean CHIPPY! I took the hose to this chair to blast away all the really loose paint chips, then I used my bucket of whitewash to do a quick coat of paint. Having a readily available bucket of paint just for whitewashing really makes it easy. I use a cansealid for my older buckets of pain that the lid no longer fits properly.

     

    whitewash chair planter

    Such an easy makeover!

    bottom less chair galvanized bucket

    I didn’t do anything to the galvanized bucket.

     

    galvanized bucket chair planter

    See how perfectly the bucket fits the bottomless chair seat.

     

    chair planter with boston fern

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    Insert a Boston Fern and you’re good! I haven’t had a Boston Fern in years, so when I spied this one at The Home Depot, I just knew it would be perfect for this garden chair.

    Almost a month later and look how beautiful the fern is now!

     

    How about a couple of other chairs for the garden?

     

     

    yellow garden chair

    Yellow Garden Chair

    Garden Bench made from Repurposed Chairs

    Chair Planter

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    Have you ever made a garden chair?

    gail

    See one of my first, and an all-time favorite chair projects here

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    1. Debbie

      June 20, 2017 at 10:28 am

      I just picked up 3 of the bentwood chairs at a thrift store for $1.00 each. One is already painted aqua and in use as a planter.

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