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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Shower curtain folding chair makeover
The vinyl on the chair became damaged and had to be changed. On a limited budget, I used what I had on hand; a vinyl white shower curtain. Using the seat as a template, I left about four inches on all four sides of the chair and cut around the seat. I placed the seat with the top facing down on the cut piece of vinyl, then I took one side and stapled it with 15.00 manual staple gun, until I did it on all sides pulling the vinyl tightly on each side.
I placed the seat back on the folding chair frame, then I left the brown color vinyl that was in tact for the back of the folding chair. I used a plain white vinyl shower curtain liner but there are vinyl shower curtains that have printed designs so cover both the seat and the back.
I placed the seat back on the folding chair frame, then I left the brown color vinyl that was in tact for the back of the folding chair. I used a plain white vinyl shower curtain liner but there are vinyl shower curtains that have printed designs so cover both the seat and the back.
Duct tape fixes a lot of things including folding chairs |
Duct tape the corner |
Duct tape the front corner |
vinyl white curtain liner |
Used vinyl white curtain liner to cover chair |
Stapled the vinyl cover onto chair |
Completed folding chair |
Vinyl shower curtain liner covered chair |
Bronx Bus Map Boxes
I took some old cardboard small post office boxes and glued vintage 80's NYC subway maps on all four sides of the boxes. I had cut the map in four pieces that were slightly larger to overlap the ends of the sides of the boxes, then I cut a fifth piece to cover the bottom of the box.
I love how they came out, they are great for closet or bathroom storage.
I love how they came out, they are great for closet or bathroom storage.
Bronx 80s Bus map |
Reuse old vintage maps don't throw them out |
Recovered cardboard box with bus map |
Cover those boxes up with old maps from anywhere |
Love the NYC Bus design on this map |
Added this Bronx map logo on other side |
Kind of a blurry shot map box came out nice |
Great bus map detail |
Recycle computer part as letter holder
This metal computer part, I removed from a non-working Dell Desktop computer. I took the mother board and the CPU apart, resold some of the parts, kept the hard drives and some parts that I could reuse or reinvent in some other way.
I found this small metal computer part that had all of the computer internal connectors that are ribbon like, it had individual slots so I decided to paint it and use it as a letter holder and flyer ad rack for my desk.
I found this small metal computer part that had all of the computer internal connectors that are ribbon like, it had individual slots so I decided to paint it and use it as a letter holder and flyer ad rack for my desk.
Computer part up cycled painted and used as letter/ad holder |
Old internal computer desktop part recycled as ad holder |
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