New front garden seat
By annella
31 comments
I have been on the look out for a small seat to put in my front garden but with no luck as they have been too big or the wrong colour, so I decided to do a bit of DIY.
This is a chair from an old set that was used in my last garden. I took the back off and the nice men at work re-bolted the back legs and filed the screw tops level.
Saturday afternoon I sat in the back garden and painted it with a can of metal paint. Quite fiddly but very relaxing.
So now I have a new parking spot in the front garden which gets the last rays of sun and is very sheltered.
I live in a quiet close with trees and shrubs around the front garden making this a nice, private place to sit and take a break.
- 5 Jul, 2011
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Very good idea Anella. I love the colour - looks quite posh.
5 Jul, 2011
My little throne Frybo! It's hammered metal paint so not too shiny and should tone down with age.
5 Jul, 2011
Its reeeeally lovely Annella, and noticed you have a really handy wall for the glass of wine!!!! :))))
5 Jul, 2011
;o))
5 Jul, 2011
what a lovely blog, love the colour you used, garden looks lovely
5 Jul, 2011
Thanks Yorks :o))
5 Jul, 2011
thats lovely annella , i have the bottem part of a pup table and put a large pot in it ............ and same as you painted it in hammerite blue ............. love urs , will put pic on of mine soon lol
5 Jul, 2011
That looks brilliant Annella what a fantastic idea:)
5 Jul, 2011
Yes please Cristina
5 Jul, 2011
It takes up less room than the chair would Nana :o))
5 Jul, 2011
Clever you, well done Annella, looks great.
5 Jul, 2011
BRILLIANT. You are very lucky to be one of the very few who can sit in their front garden. I cannot even imagine doing it here. It's like putting yourself on exhibition.
5 Jul, 2011
looks lovely, and even nicer in that is something you have reused and improved, so much more satisfying..
5 Jul, 2011
What a good idea Ann - it makes a useful item out of an unused chair. Well done.
5 Jul, 2011
Well done you, lovely colour too.
5 Jul, 2011
Oh clever you! Lovely! Jx
5 Jul, 2011
well done anne, looks great and i to love the colour :o)
5 Jul, 2011
Yeah, the colour is great...unlike the bright loud stuff I used on my chimenea! Well done Annie, nice job. I have a metal chair in my front porch. I have never sat in it, but perhaps later in the year, when the sun is not so warm on the back garden....it's very sunny in the morning at my front as it faces SE. Not very private at all of course, but who cares...I'll be reading a gardening magazine anyway!
5 Jul, 2011
I was looking for copper or bronze Karen but could only find gold in Wilkos, too impatient to wait! I like it now though, just needed something that wouldn't clash with the pots. I may give it some copper highlights later on.
5 Jul, 2011
:)) nice!
5 Jul, 2011
I might have to hunt out chiminea paint , I bet that comes in darker colours....thinking of painting the rest of the set now for the side patio (in creative mode Lol!)
5 Jul, 2011
That's a good idea. I got my chimnea paint on amazon. It's a spray, it's heat resistant of course, which you don't need, but you might get a better selection of hammerite colours on there.....just a thought!
6 Jul, 2011
great idea.....
6 Jul, 2011
How artistic are you then A ? that looks stunning.
6 Jul, 2011
looks great, well done!
7 Jul, 2011
very industrious well done you
7 Jul, 2011
quite the artist, love the colour, and your garden is a credit to you, well done. x
7 Jul, 2011
Just trying to catch up on things you clever thing, it looks great. I just want to know why you needed a SMALL seat? :-)
15 Jul, 2011
Small bum cheeky!!! (bum cheek...get it?) Lol
15 Jul, 2011
:-)
16 Jul, 2011
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what a gorgeous blog, and a gorgeous fuchsia for you to enjoy aswell from your new perch. Lovely.
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