No matter whether made of metal, basket or wood-an apparently unusable chair can turn into a beautiful vintage garden decoration, because it is really versatile. Whether as a “side table” for a potted plant, combined with others for a garden swing or even as a wall shelf - you will be amazed at what eye -catchers can create with a little creativity. According to the motto “From old make new”, we present a few such ideas to you today how an old chair can be used as a garden decoration.
Old chair as a garden decoration for hanging
Build a wall shelf quickly and easily
Would you like an old chair to serve as a garden decoration? By removing the seat with the backrest, you canBuild the cool shelfthat you can then hang on a free wall. You have to shorten the seat a little to get the width of a classic shelf. Then screw the backrest back on, because it serves as an interesting and decorative background. Now you can display more garden decorations on the old chair.
You can also use the chair legs together with the frame that holds you together by planting them. You can find out how this works below in the article.
DIY wind chime made of chair legs
Woods made of wood have a nice sound without being as loud and annoying as some of metal. Instead of the classic bamboo tubes, you can also use the legs of old chairs. You can saw these in different lengths and then paint with the children with a colorful color (e.g. with acrylic paints; adults can also use wood lacquer). With the help of eyelets and cord you can tie the rods on a board andThen hang up the wind chime. An old chair can be used as easy as a garden decoration!
Useful and decorative at the same time as a seat
A garden swing from several chairs
You don't even have to use the same chairs for this idea, because the patchwork look looks really interesting. You just have to screw the chairs on two boards in parallel to each other. The boards should survive on both sides, because there they also attach the ropes to hang up the swing. For this purpose, you have to perforate them, thread the ropes through the holes and then tighten them on the underside.
Convert the rear chair or rocking chair into a swing
An old basket or rocking chair is even easierturn into a swing. There you only have to remove your legs and can then hang the whole thing directly. A few beautiful chair pillows make the swing even more comfortable.
Spice old chairs as a garden decoration for a garden bench
Place the chairs side by side (to maintain a backrest at the same time) or to a certain distance (for a kind of canapé) and connect the seating surfaces with wooden boards or a wooden plate. Then you can do the finished oneSeat for the gardenDecorate, paint and paint as desired.
You may even have seen this idea with which an old chair can be used as a garden decoration in one or the other garden, because it is easy and just looks pretty. The simplest variant would be to simply put a flower pot on the seat. However, if this is already damaged, use another technology.
Sick a hole in the middle of the seat and layA piece of coconut fiber matin. Then fix the mat on the sides with a tacker. You can also attach chicken wire under the coconut fiber mat. Fill the obtained cow with potting soil and plant the desired flowers. Hen flower looks particularly pretty here and also cover the mat on the sides. But of course other lavishly growing varieties are also suitable.
You can also insert a flowerpot by sawing a hole that has a slightly smaller diameter than the longest diameter of the pot.
Upholstered chair as a vertical garden for vintage flair
You can also plant a chair as a garden decoration by removing the cushions from a padded chair. Then you can use these areas toa vertical gardento create in the backrest. They plant the seat as described above. Succulents are particularly suitable for this purpose because they are heated tolerant and do not have to be watered as often.
Old chair as a garden decoration - backrest as a background in the bucket
If an old chair is to be used as a garden decoration, you can use any elements as you have already determined. The backrest of a beautiful vintage chair makes itself really nice as a decorative element in a bucket. Orns of ornate rods in particular just look stunning and are unique. If the backrest is a little higher and the rods are not quite as thick, you can even use it as a tanning aid for climbing plants that you have planted in the bucket.
The wood could rot quite quickly if they put it directly into the ground. Therefore, it is advisable to stipulate or screw others as an extension and only then put the backrest into the container. So you can exchange them for one or two seasons if necessary.
