Friday, June 24, 2005

Ugly Juice Scores Great New Alley Find

I was chasing after a garage sale when my eye caught a rusted metal sofa frame discarded in an alley. It looked like it had once been used for a sunroom, or patio. There was a nasty moldy detachable cushion on it. It looked pretty hideous, but I saw potential. As I stood there staring at the thing, I knew I had to have it. I could fix it up and reupholster it like the other in-progress patio chairs. This would give me a complete patio set made entirely of alley/dumpster finds. Perfect! An elderly man happened to be walking by, so I enlisted his help to throw the metal frame in the back of the Subaru. Then I went straight to Minnesota Foam and Upholstery, but alas, they are closed on Fridays for the summer. I'll spend the day sanding the frame down and covering it with Rust-o-leum. I hope to get the complete patio set finished by next week. The final piece would be a little metal outdoor table...I'm still looking for that. I'll post photos when I'm done!

1 Comments:

At 2:29 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

sounds like a big undertaking, but what the hey? you have time

 

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