Upcycled Chair Table

Hi there, MRL friends! It’s Angie from Knick of Time. Today’s project is an upcycled chair table.

Gail doesn’t know it, but the project I have to share with you is in response to a comment Gail left on my blog. I had turned the back of a chair into a chalkboard and Gail asked what I planned to do with the seat base of the chair.

I hadn’t thought that far yet, and it was still sitting in my driveway where I’d cut the back from the base, but I decided to figure it out so I could answer her question! 🙂

I’m a magnet for broken chairs and have made oodles and oodles of repurposed chair projects over the last few years. Some of those projects ended up being the first feature I ever had in a magazine (seen here), so I looked back at all of my old projects for inspiration and decided this chair base would become an upcyclecd chair table with a pallet wood top.

After the back had been removed

I loved the original shape of the seat, so I flipped it over onto a piece of scrap plywood, traced the shape and cut it out. To be clear, this would only be used as a pattern. Not ending up on the finished upcycled chair table. I won’t throw this piece away though – I’m sure I can turn it into something else! 🙂

Make a seat pattern

First, I selected several pieces of pallet wood, laid them out and partially screwed the plywood pattern into the pallet pieces – just deep enough to keep them firmly attached together.

Cut pallet boards to match pattern

I used a jigsaw to cut around the plywood pattern, then unscrewed the plywood, since it wouldn’t be needed anymore.

Attach pallet boards to upcycled chair table

I wanted the pallet wood top to be a bit darker color to match the chair legs. So I stained it all, then used my palm sander to give it all a worn and distressed look. I also put a new coat of stain over the upcycled chair table – just to freshen it up. Because I wanted to protect it,  I added a coat of tung oil.

It’s just the right size to use a next to the Adirondack chair in my front yard. Not just for outdoors, it works just as well indoors.

So, now I’ve made oodles and oodles + 1 repurposed chair projects! 🙂

Gail is the queen of repurposed chair projects though.

I hope you pop over and visit me at Knick of Time and see all my latest projects!

Check out more of Angie’s projects on MRL here

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

See more Project Ideas for Old Chairs here