Salvage bench made from old chairs and a headboard

Craftster user Sharon.S made this swell bench out of broken-down chairs, a "decrapitated head board" and various bits and pieces. "I am an a self -taught artist and I build furniture out of salvage. I have never entered a contest before, but think this'll be loads of fun! The first picture is of two chairs that were all wonky and shaky. I cut them apart and used them for the ends of a bench. The back of the bench is made from parts of a decrapitated head board. This whole project (except for the 2X4 frame underneath) is from curbside salvage." Link (via Craft)

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Moon

It almost looks like he made a bookshelf underneath the bench just for you, Cory D. To store those old mini-Shakespeare volumes you got in London.
unclewilco

Reminds me of my old mate Rico Daniels and his salvaging antics

http://www.thesalvager.com/site/gallery-2/
Jamie Sue

Oh gosh! That’s really pretty.
License Farm

Beautiful work. I am concerned that the middle mightn’t be as strong as the sides, but the new frame she says she used I assume would compensate. I wonder whether victims of natural disasters might appreciate some new furniture made from the detritus of their heirlooms as some form of continuity.
dculberson

Very cute!
Lea Hernandez

I love “decrapitated.” It warms the cockles of my neologism-loving heart.
morgansher

That’s a fabulous bench — it has a nice sort of steampunk flavor to it as well. Sharon did a dandy job of recycling those materials.
Antinous

I want to live in a neighborhood where people leave matching sets of lyre-backed klismos chairs on the sidewalk.
pollyannacowgirl

FanTAStic!