Steel Wheel, hardwood farm gate coffee table

You may remember the wheels from a post I made ages ago - Gas Bottle Trolly - I finally realised an idea for the table.

Visiting the farm across the road where the farmer has been replacing old fences and gates I came across a hardwood gate lying in the grass. "Ahhh" I said to myself.

Well the timber sat int he garage for months next to the wheels. They must have had a conversation and conspired to get together - with my help.

 

For sale on Trademe

River View - Pallet Two Seater

 Rough and ready and comfy enough.

Pallet chair... very comfortable

 

Pallets are the best... free, versatile
and when finished... comfortable

Rustic Totara fence batten outdoor chairs

Chairs chairs chairs... out door chairs...

Here are the rustic chairs in their new home.

I was asked to rebuild some rustic chairs for the owner of an organic garden in Nuhaka. The owners host regular garden tours through their flower and vegetable gardens. They have places to sit all through the paths and the chairs have been there since the early 90's.

When I went to pick them up to put on my truck, they fell apart, rotten from years of sitting beneath dripping trees in shaded nooks.

So I salvaged what I could - a plank here and gnarly bit there and added a ton of Totara fence battens and posts. They look great.

Real rustic, branches and all.

 

Some bent wood from one of the original chairs.

Totara battens with moss and lichen.

#8 wire to hold things together betta!

I also built a very upright pallet chair for a nook in an overgrown garden area. It has since been painted blue... image to come.