armchairs | organised castle

This was quite a minor repair in the scheme of things but it restored a damaged piece of furniture to its original state.

We bought this chair secondhand from Gumtree a couple of years ago. My original intention was to have an occasional chair in the corner of the office/library but I found a pair of chairs and the seller was not prepared to separate them so we bought them both and managed to fit both of them into the newly re-arranged room.

I recently noticed that a piece of wood had come off an arm of one of the chairs.

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It appears that the rolled ends on the arms is actually 2 pieces of timber glued together and the glue had probably dried out allowing the curved underneath piece to become detached.

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I applied some Aquadhere wood glue to the surface and used a clamp to hold it into position until the glue dried.

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The chair now looks as good as new.

I have been looking on Gumtree for the past couple of months for an armchair to go in the vacant corner of our office/library. The space was created when we decided that we only needed one bookshelf rather than two. You can read about the previous steps of the revamping of this room here.

This morning I found a listing on Gumtree for 2 chairs which were to be sold as a pair. Although I really only wanted a single chair, we decided to take a look as it was not too far from home.

We bought the two chairs and by moving the bookcase slightly we can actually fit them both in.

They are solid timber and are over 70 years old. The current upholstery is in excellent condition and works perfectly in this room. It is great to be able to find quality furniture and give it a new home.

In preparation for more furniture re-arranging tomorrow I have sold this small chest of drawers.

They are nothing special, I bought them from Gumtree a few years ago when they were bare chipboard and painted gloss white. I have used them for storing material and craft supplies in my sewing room but now it is time to move them along. They will be collected tomorrow morning.