Two Chairs and an Ottoman

 My lovely wife picked up two 1960's chairs for $20 in need of a rescue.

After some frame repairs and woodwork re-finishing they were re-padded and re-upholstered.  What would go well with a pair of chairs?  A matching Ottoman.  Legs were cut with a taper, a 12.5 degree rake and a 3 degree splay to match the originals.

They were then fixed to a new frame with webbing stretched over to support the foam padding before some Danish oil was applied.

Then my lovely wife upholstered the Ottoman to match the chairs.

Result!  And the first project for 2023 is done.

2022 and the Case of the Missing Posts

 I have been meaning to record something for a while - about a year as it turns out - so a quick summary of the year's projects:

A flood-damaged upper half of a French country house sideboard was turned upside down, repaired, re-shelved, re-trimmed and finished with chalk paint.  There was not much left of the original:

But after swapping around some of the original broken glass panes, putting on a new top, bottom and back it now looks like this, complete with some subtle 'weathering' of the chalk paint to give it character.  There are some nice original features like the square dowels and the original latches.

I made a couple of bench seats, one for my sister and one for a friend:

My first project with my new welder was a garden trailer:

It received two wheels from a hand trolley and plywood sides and a base from an offcut of trailer ply:

Back to woodworking, and I made a couple of dart board cabinets, one for myself and one for a friend:

There are magnets to keep the doors closed and some recycled cupboard knobs and hinges:

And then over the Christmas break a welded workshop tool cart on castor wheels:

So while the blog posts have dried up the workshop has been well used during 2022.  Onwards and upwards into 2023!