Thursday, August 15, 2019

The Crate and Barrel Chair Fix

The living room chair was rocking - but it wasn’t supposed to. It’s a swivel chair from Crate and Barrel. It’s taken a bit of abuse over the last ten years. When we flipped it over we figured out the problem immediately. Of the four screws used to tighten the pieces together, one fell off and a second was missing. We couldn’t quite get the screw back on because the space was so tight. So we used some wire and fish line to tie it in place and at least stabilize the chair. Yesterday we went to the hardware store to get two screws, a wrench, and real wire before we tried to tackle the project again. So we flipped the chair over, cut off the line we had just put on, and tried to get the screw in place. We used our surgical  instruments, fingers, and finally decided to just get the back of the screw on and screw it in from the front. Once that was done we had another one to go. Luckily we had success - and it really is a huge feeling of accomplishment. I really wasn’t in the mood to go furniture shopping right now. We probably should, but we don’t know what we even want. So for now the chair is in one piece. Let’s hope it lasts another ten years. 


















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