I Made A Chair! (203/365)

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Remember that project I started a while ago? You don’t? That’s ok, I start a lot of them. Well, I finished! Sort of. I made a chair! I was hoping to finish before August, so count this as a success. I mean, I have another one to make, and this one isn’t quite finished, but you can sit in it and it doesn’t collapse underneath you, so I think that’s a good sign.

I haven’t actually built anything like this since eight grade woodshop. This time around I had significantly fewer tools and was sort of winging it. I found a primitive design online and based the design for my chair off of that. I made a 3D model of the chair and then created full-sized templates of each piece. Then, after many trips to the hardware store and a few redesigns (an 8″x1″ piece of wood is actually 7.5″x.75″ FYI), I cut each piece out using a jigsaw. I sanded each piece and then assembled it with a power drill. That’s it. It’s sturdy, both Andrew and I tested it out and after a little more sanding and staining, it’ll be ready for our front porch!