Back in October, I was driving Kennedy to a birthday party when we passed a daycare and caught a glimpse of furniture in the dumpster. We circled around and Kennedy went dumpster diving {with a bit of encouragement from me} and retrieved two little IKEA chairs. The seats had come off and the chairs were in need of a bit of repair but I thought they were worth rescuing.
After a few screws, a little Gorilla Glue, a few coats of brown spray paint {a few touch-ups after seeing this photo}, and some vinyl numbers {thank you, Silhouette}, they'll make great TV-watching chairs for the little ones.
I'm so pleased with my Kennedy's first dumpster diving experience.
Oh how sweet! I want numbered chairs, too. :-) Great project.
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ReplyDeleteWoohoo KK! Those don't even look the same, it's amazing!
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Way to spot some diamonds in the rough..and to make them so look so great.
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They look beautiful. What a great find. I'm your newest follower. Be sure to stop by my blog Monday and add your project to the More The Merrier Monday Link Party.
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ReplyDeleteYou make trash look good!!
These look great!.. Awesome work!..
ReplyDeleteScore! The look wonderful..love dumpster diving!
ReplyDeleteIt's crazy what some people throw away! Nice rescue & re-do. They look great!!
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How cute are those two chairs? Love them!
ReplyDeleteLove love love it! The numbers totally make them super awesome!
ReplyDeleteGood pickin' - I love the new look!
ReplyDeleteThis new look is wonderful. I love it. Great job!
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Fabulous makeover!!! Love the numbers. I can't believe they would toss those chairs instead of Freecycling them or even donating. Oh well. Their loss is your gain. Great job!! You should link this up to next month's "Crafty Cutter" party on my blog. It's a spot to highlight Silhouette/Cricut projects, tips, tricks, etc. :)
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so glad ya'll rescued those chairs!
ReplyDeletethey turned out great!
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Fabulous---love the brown and the white letters. Looks very modern and sturdy~ Great job~
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Wow! What a wonderful find and great transformation!
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ReplyDeleteThe things people throw away, just crazy! Lovely job on the redo!
These are adorable. I can't wait until I have the time to go dumpster diving.......
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Love them! I'm redoing a chair right now that I found at Habit for Humanity for $5.
ReplyDeleteSilly question probably but how is the Silhouette different from a Cricut etc? I don't have anything like this but looks so cool!
So cute! The price was great, too. :-)
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