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Buzzing bee
Last month I got it in my head that I wanted Adirondack chairs for our back patio. We looked at the pre-made ones at stores such as Lowe’s and Home Depot but Darling Husband thought they looked too flimsy – so we decided to make them ourselves!
This took all weekend. The most time consuming part was painting. We did one coat of primer and two coats of paint on all the pieces before we assembled them. Oh, we also made a table to go with them.
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Buzzing bee
They look great! I’d love to make some patio furniture.
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Honey bee
- Wedding: January 2013 - Harbourfront Grand Hall
@SuperKate: How awesome! Did you also save money? At least in my area the wooden ones are quite expensive!
My neighbor has colorful plastic ones that look cool but when we have any amount of wind they blow all over his yard!
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Bumble bee
@SuperKate: wow those looks great! i always love how those look but they are so expensive. They look just as good as the fancy ones!
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Buzzing bee
@mchitt329: With lumber, paint and other materials we probably spent about $175. So probably about on par with what two would have cost. But at least with these we know they are extra sturdy. We used bolts that are usually used on decks for the legs so we know they’re going to hold up.
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Buzzing Beekeeper
@SuperKate: Adorable! We haves with a sunset painted on them. My dad made them 🙂
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Honey Beekeeper
Those look awesome! Did you use a tutorial? If so, can you post it? I’d love to make some for our patio!
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Buzzing bee
@Mrs.KMM: Darling Husband uses plans from Ana White quite a bit, she has a website and book that includes all kinds of things. Here are the plans we used.
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Bumble bee
they look awesome, we had these types of chairs growing up and in the same color too! Loved them.
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Buzzing Beekeeper
@SuperKate: That’s fabulous! You did a great job. I love Adirondack furniture. 🙂
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They look awesome! My dad has made a whole bunch of these over the years.. I’m thinking now that I would love him to make me a couple!
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Bee Keeper
@SuperKate: These look amazing!! Where did you get the pattern from to do the cut outs for each slab of wood?
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