Do you have a chair with a broken back? Save it!
You guys know I will save just about anything! A while back I scooped up an outdoor furniture set at a garage sale, I had been looking for a new bench and this one was perfect. It came with two chairs that I thought were pretty cute too. I made the bench over for our patio and the chairs got shoved into a storage shed until I could think of something to do with them. Then, someone broke one. 🙁 I’m not sure if it was my husband or kids, but none the less, it was in disrepair. Most people would have tossed it, but I was determined to make it useful!
This idea is going to change the way you look at broken chairs on the side of the road or in your very own house. The concept is easily adaptable to just about any chair and you will have extra seating available in no time! 
The weather has turned so gorgeous lately, it’s just the thing that makes me want to get outside and get some projects done. I don’t like working outside in the cold, or extreme heat, so projects tend to stockpile for good weather days, then I pay for it with a sore body from exerting to much elbow grease!
I couldn’t have asked for a prettier day to tackle this chair. You can see, I easily sawed the back of this chair completely off, leaving two “stubs”, even in length, where the chair back meets the seat. I used a hand held jigsaw, you might want to use a chop saw if that works for you. It is helpful to have a second set of hands to hold the back as you cut it down. Always use extreme caution when sawing!
You will want to sand the stubs so the style looks seamless to the chair. I left mine taller to look intentional.
For this stool conversion I painted the wood with black chalky paint and waxed it for a professional finish.
This new stool will look especially cute with an overstuffed cushion, tied down through the holes part of the chair back left when removed (project for a later date!). You will have to play around with your chair to see what works best for you. I love to have unobtrusive seating and when you remove the back to a chair you end up with a sleek version of the original that can easily tuck away when not needed.
Hopefully this little trick will help save some furniture should you happen to break a favorite chair! Let me know if you have any chairs that could use this kind of makeover! Don’t forget to share this idea so you can save some poor little broken chair out there!
Love it. Great idea. Your project turned out very cute
Thanks, easy way to save!!!
Wonderfully clever idea. Could be used for a little vanity seat as well or a foot stool. I really like this idea. Love your positive attitude about your back and the fact that you don’t let it keep you from living your life. I would have never known. Great post!
Thanks and yes, so muany uses for this little guy. As I look back over my life, I clearly see God’s hand in my journey and my back is a big part of it!
Great idea hon!
thank you Anne!
Very cute!!
Thanks, and easy, as always!!!
Interesting to read your comments about Scoliosis! Mine is minor, but it is more pronounced in my daughters and one now has a rod in her back. Really the rod is a blessing as she was in continuous pain before it. We all have minor figure idiosyncrasies, but, really, no one’s perfect. 🙂 Thank GOD for Texas Scottish Rite Hospital and the fabulous care my daughters’ have received. Thanks for sharing your journey with Scoliosis.
So true, no one is perfect and I am so glad your daughter has some relief. My back never hurt until I hit 40, lol!!! Then who is to say if it’s my back or my age! Pretty sure it’s my back, but you never know 😉
That is such a great idea. I love finding ways to save what others throw away #client
Thanks Michelle, I love to save “junk”!
I love the chair turned stool! I have some aches and pains, but for the most part I have been blessed with health! Blessings!
Health is a wonderful blessing! I truly can’t complain either! thanks a bunch
What a cute project. My neighbor gave me two chairs from the Disney castle and there is no way no how to take them apart to replace the cushions, so I think I am going to paint the vinyl seat and then the wood trim. I have Scoliosis too but too old to do anything about it now. I thought there was a recall on Harrington Rods. “All you can do is all you can do” but I never let that stop me.
SOunds like a cute makeover. I haven’t heard anything about a recall! I am doing good so I will stay the course! Not stopping any time soon either!
Great idea!
thanks! easy save!
Love your posts an e today I especially love the sunflower picture. Never would have thought of using a broken chair like that, AWESOME idea. Will be praying for you. I can relate to God’s AWESOMENESS. The things Got has done in my life are just amazing. I’ve been told by preachers that God does not do those things today , He only did things like that in the Old Testament , I cringe at their unbelief. To make this short, He bought me back from death several times, the doctors had pronounced me dead, the healings, I could not even stand up, He healed me, there are so many things He has done in my life and I am eternally grateful and will always serve Him. Have a God filled day.
He is amazing and living in his healing and transformation will make the strongest believer for sure. I have no doubt of the wonders he has done in your life. Thank you for sharing your testimony! Blessing and continued health to you