Thread: Maintaining my garden seats.

A few years ago I collected, again from a hard rubbish collection - my favourite source of good stuff , two rustic timber type of garden seats. They are big and beefy and together with some discarded lounge chair cushions are very comfortable.

At the time all I needed to do was add some bolts to replace the nails that held it together, but I was never happy with the small arm rests. Recently in my travels I picked up some timber that allowed me to make better arm rests for these chairs, similar in shape and size as on my recovery chairs.

Photo 1 shows the original chairs with the original arm rests and photo 2 without.

Photo 3 show the timber I collected for the new arm rests and photo 4 show the new arm rests ready for fixing to the chairs.

Photo 5 shows the chairs finished in the back yard. They are next to my recovery chairs as per photos 6 and 7.

Next the chaise lounge.


Peter.

A few years ago I picked up a very basic chaise lounge that had one slat missing and some other minor damage. 20 minutes in the workshop to cut a new slat, reglue and rescrew the damaged bit back on and with a new coat of paint was quite okay.

However 2 weeks ago, whilst in Bunnings, I was browsing through the Triton woodworking plans and I saw that the chaise lounge in those plans had an armrest with a lift up side table.

So I decided to make side arms on mine to make it more comfortable.

Photos 1 and 2 show the side arms and photos 3 and 4 shows it painted with photos 5 and 6 showing the chaise lounge in position in the covered bbq area after a new coat of paint. Note the side against the wall is longer to have extra room for a few drinks.

Next on the agenda is fix up my collection of Jack & Jill (or as I prefer Peter & Elaine ) seats.


Peter.

Over the years I collected an assortment of preloved garden seats known as the Jack & Jill type. Most required some minor work at the time and have been in use for a while and now require some maintenace and a repaint.

The first one had a few parts in the seat and back rests that had started to rot and photo 1 shows it being repaired in the workshop. Photo 2 shows it after painting back in its spot in the back garden.

The second one just needed a repaint and photo 3 shows it along the fence next to the bbq in the bbq area. This area has not only this seat but also the chaise lounge and the bbq, fridge and sink unit, serving and storage unit and 2 tables and seating all under cover between the house and the side fence.

The third seat also only required repainting and photo 4 shows it in position on the porch next to the front door giving a view of the garden. It is one of my favourite positions to sit on a sunny afternoon drinking a cup of coffee and see the neighbourhood go past.

Currently I'm working on the fourth and final seat which required a major makeover.


Peter.