Restore a Hemp Seat Chair Instructions
Do you wish to restore a Hemp Seat Chair? Ours was in sad shape when we found it but with a little love and time, it is now sitting happily in our guest bedroom. Now you could also use these step by step instructions to Restore a Hemp Seat Chair in your house.
This chair with a hemp seat didn’t look this way when we found it. In fact, it was on the way to the garbage but I totally fell in love with it. The hubby wasn’t so sure about it but since he is a sweetie, he gave me the benefit of doubt and jumped on board to save this chair.
You could prob do this with just about any old chair as long as it has a basic frame.
But before we get into this post about how to restoring this chair you might be interested in this:
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Update: We just discovered another chair and this guy will have a matching partner. Stay turned!
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How to restore a hemp seat chair
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This old hemp seat chair was in sad shape, the wood was very dry. West Texas is hard on wood furniture especially neglected wood furniture.
We started by cutting off the woven seat and removing all the dust and debris. We used a good wood cleaner and then when it was dry we doused the wood with furniture oil.
We purchased 2 rolls of this 1/4 inch hemp rope totaling about 100 feet at our local hardware store. But you can also find it on Amazon.
We begin the weave by typing the rope to the rear railing on the seat and then began stringing it back and forth wrapping twice on each run. Tie off the end with a knot.
Start the horizontal weave by tying the hemp rope to the side rail and start weaving side to side, wrapping the hemp around the wood side rail twice on each run.
Pull the horizontal weaves as tight as possible to the front as you work to the rear. The hubby made this little tool by using a metal rod and black electrical tape and it worked extremely well to pull those weaves tight.
Before tying off the rope, wrap the hemp around each side several times to fill in the gaps between the horizontal (side) runs.
Cassie, our border collie is keeping a sharp eye on our progress on the restore of a hemp seat chair. Not! Cassie is our shop dog, it doesn’t matter what we are working on, it doesn’t matter if the hubby is using loud power tools, that’s what she does, sleep near the action.
We have finished the restore of this hemp seat chair and it looks so quaint sitting in our guest room. This hemp bottom chair is one of my favorite remakes to date. (secret-I just found another old chair similar to this and I can’t wait to start on it)
But for Now, I’m off to Antique Farm House to find accessories and decor for this guest room. I saved enough money on this chair to buy some really cool items.
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Do you wish to restore a Hemp Seat Chair? Use these easy step by step instructions.
Tools
- Strong Scissors or knife
Supplies
- wood cleaner
- furniture oil
- 2 50 ft rolls 1/4 inch hemp rope
- Old Chair
Instructions
- Start by cutting off the old woven seat and remove all the dust and debris. Use a good wood cleaner and allow to dry and then doused the wood with furniture oil.
- Begin the weave by typing the rope to the rear railing on the seat and then began stringing it back and forth wrapping twice on each run. Tie off the end with a knot.
- Start the horizontal weave by tying the hemp rope to the side rail and start weaving side to side, wrapping the hemp around the wood side rail twice on each run.
- Pull the horizontal weaves as tight as possible to the front as you work to the rear. The hubby made this little tool by using a metal rod and black electrical tape and it worked extremely well to pull those weaves tight
- Before tying off the rope, wrap the hemp around each side several times to fill in the gaps between the horizontal (side) runs.
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