Wonky Chair
Rust and Splinters
A funny little chair emerged from the dollhouse furniture trunk – another home made item from the ancestral dollhouse. This one was too dangerous to be played with as it had wood splinters and rusted nails poking out. In fact it looked a bit like baby bear’s chair after Goldilocks was through sitting in it!
Snipped off Rusted Nails
Min begged the human to help her fix it, so first the rusty nails holding the seat back to the uprights were snipped off, leaving little stubs.
Flip the back rest
Min then flipped the chair back over so the splinters were below and the painted edge at the top…
glue the sides
…white glue was applied to the sides of the chair back…
clamp with elastics
…and the chair back pressed into the nail stubs. Elastics were wound tightly round the entire back to hold it while the glue dried.
seat pad
Next day the chair was still wonky…but at least it was safe to be sat upon, and with the addition of a little felt seat pad…
Just Right
It was perfect!
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Quimper Hittys 
So very, very charming! Min seemed to be the perfect assistant in this endeavor to make the ancestral chair usable again. Well done!
Everything Min does is done with charm! She is a great little helper!
Min definitely has “an eye” for lovely antiques! She looks wonderful in her new-old chair!
Thanks! She was glad to help with a project that resulted in a chair – we have very few of them in the Hitty Cupboard.
That cushion is the icing on the cake!
Min likes it too…and speaking of sitting on the icing on the cake, remember that picnic when the one-year-old birthday girl sat on her cake?
Ah yes! And the scary exploding balloons that had been tied in a spiky chestnut tree overhead, before the wind came up.
The wonky chair is truly charming and Min looks delightful in it. Perhaps one of the Quimper kitties will keep the chair warm while Min is off on her adventures 🙂
I am quite sure they will, now there is a felt cushion on it, especially if we draw it nearer the fire!
Min is so clever and that cushion is perfect – for Min and the kitties.
It was too cute a chair to leave it languishing, it is much better now that warm cats and cute dolls are able to sit upon it!
I am sure that as soon as MIn leaves that chair…the cat will claim it!! That cushion will proved to be too much of a temptation. What a charming story and a delightful save of the wonky chair! Min is the best!!
I am sure you are right about the wily cat! Min is quite pleased with her new old chair!
Min is so cute – love her cheerful face. It good to see another item reclaimed and repaired…a lost art and virtue.
Fixing stuff is fun for us, and we like the results better than purchased perfection!
Love this little chair. The seat cushion you made is sweet.
Thanks! We had lots of fun repairing and making a seat pad for the chair!