We have been wanting a garden seat to go in place of the children's trampoline and had thought about making one, I posted an idea from another blog where someone had used three dining chairs. Well we had been looking and found that the price of decent second hand chairs was quite steep considering we would be taking bits of them apart, we also didn't see any suitable. We may have been impatient but my husband had been looking on eBay and saw a nice bench and arbour that some one had started to paint and then got fed up with. He bought it for £80, the guy even delivered it for us as they lived just in the next town.
My husband spent the best part of the day painting it yesterday and we decided to leave off the back panel as we like the way you can see the bushes through the back. Here it is finished...
The total cost was £95 if you factor in the paint, I think it looks great and he has done a lovely job. The people who were selling it were moving house and had decided it was one job too many to finish it up. That was good news for us though as these are quite expensive when they are new.
This one here from Wickes that comes pre painted is £300 so I think that is a good saving.
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