Piece / projectA second life for a piece of Douglas fir
Timber from an old TV stand became a bench with a simple black-pipe base.
Furniture & tables • Restoration
Bring the frames back
A restoration of tall director-chair frames, with the customer handling the new canvas.
Documented July 2020From the workshop
Restore rather than replace
This commission focused on the existing chair frames. The photographs show the refreshed white frames before the canvas was supplied by the customer.
The detail work became the rewarding part
The original account is candid: I needed some help getting started, then found myself enjoying the detailed work. I was proud of the result while acknowledging the remaining flaws.
Restoring the frames
I restored the wooden frames and handled the paint and detail work. The customer was supplying the new canvas, so my part of the job stopped with the chair structure and finish. I needed some help getting started, which I said in the original account, but I got more comfortable as the detail work moved along. I was proud of the result while still seeing the flaws that come with learning a restoration job firsthand.
Credits & project notes
Restoration: Michael Pytlowany, with initial help credited to @marchelle1620 in the source. Canvas: customer. Original chair design is not attributed to Michael.
This page records the frame-restoration stage. The image is not presented as a finished upholstered chair.
Sources
Mike's Functional Artistry project archive
2020-07-01
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