Poorman's design chair by Lemo
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Have you ever walked into one of these awesome design webstores? You can find some furniture by famous designers and stuff that look pretty cool. Then you finally reach the price page, and plan to come back in a few years, when you have collected enough money to get that simple chair XD.

In this instructable, you'll find how to transform an old broken chair into a stylish customized design chair, using a bunch of newspaper, some glue and iron wire.
 
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Step 1: Undressing the chair

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First step is to find the main material for this instructable...a chair!
I found this one on the street, standing all alone near garbages, and decided to give it a new life. It looks quite correct on the picture, but the tissue was seriously ripped and the (holy stinky) foam allready turning into dust.
Of course, any old chair from your grand parents that you don't use anymore will also do the trick.
I simply used a pair of scissors to rip off the fabric, with the help of a plier to get rid of some staples.
uncle frogy says: Sep 6, 2008. 10:00 AM
Just found this project nice work it really gives me inspiration well done. I have only one question I am rather found of hammers could you please tell me what kind of hammer that is I have never seen one like that before.
mrmoonshineman says: May 14, 2010. 5:45 PM
looks like this: http://www.uncommongoods.com/item/item.jsp?itemId=15306

i did a google search for "bottle opener hammer"
mrmoonshineman says: May 14, 2010. 5:39 PM
i really like this drawing-on-picture thing.  it hadn't occurred to me to do this for design.  very nice end result, also.
inkstainedheart says: Aug 27, 2009. 7:47 AM
Neat idea--though for once, I actually liked the wooden form underneath all the padding! Nice instructable!
porcupinemamma says: May 31, 2009. 8:28 AM
Wow! I can't think of a good word, awesome and wow are used so much. How about cowabunga dude! I would love to try this, but the woodworking part is beyond my abilities. Your chair is truly a work of art and ingenuity. Thanks for sharing!!
Spananierin says: Apr 12, 2009. 1:55 PM
I love the paper look! It should look awesome with some old comics!
mg0930mg says: Sep 11, 2008. 2:16 PM
This is really cool, I like how it looks after it is painted. Good Luck on more instructables.
Grey_Wolfe says: Jul 17, 2008. 1:48 PM
This is excellent. Did you paint it white, or is that just the smoothing coat? Just wondering. Great Intructable, favorited.
Grey_Wolfe says: Jul 17, 2008. 1:34 PM
The chair actually looks kind of cool nude. Only kind of though, and not nearly as much as the finished product.
lemonie says: Jun 11, 2007. 4:30 PM
Nice work. Having sent quite a bit of time with paper and PVA myself, what did you use to smooth the surface. You mention a 'coating', what is the final surface? L
Lemo (author) says: Jun 11, 2007. 5:59 PM
I'm not that good in technical terms in english, it's probably simply called "smoothing coating", I used the second one in the list there
then I just painted the whole stuff
in french ;)
Grey_Wolfe says: Jul 17, 2008. 1:32 PM
It translates directly as Coating of Smoothing. So yeah, it's just smoothing coat. Wish Americans were so direct in their product names. lol
camp6ell says: Jul 12, 2008. 6:55 AM
maybe it's the same stuff you use to fill holes and smooth walls? plaster? nice instructable, i really like it.
Shifrin says: Jan 2, 2008. 6:43 PM
Hey, This gave me an Awesome Idea, Yeah newspapers make it look cool and all, but why not try comics!
srcskier says: Sep 21, 2007. 4:03 PM
I did this same thing to an old coffee table...here are some pictures of how it turned out. I love it!
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jongscx says: Nov 25, 2007. 7:39 PM
Ah, I inherited a countertop that was done with old dagwood comics and clear packing tape... It's been there so long that we couldn't actually pull it off, it had to be sanded and refinished...
lookatmygrlyfont says: Jun 11, 2007. 10:24 PM
good instructable but wont the paper rip?
srcskier says: Sep 21, 2007. 4:06 PM
I covered a coffee table with newspaper (comics)...I posted pictures above. I used an acrylic clear spray to "seal" it. It looks nice and it is shinny now!
Lemo (author) says: Jun 11, 2007. 10:41 PM
With a decent amount of layers (and avoiding to customize direct contact parts), the paper and dried glue get really strong together. This chair won't be as resistant as a metal one, but with a little care, it should last very long. Actually, I'm writing this a month after the chair was finished. The last picture has been taken this week end, and as you can see, it's still in one piece ;).
lookatmygrlyfont says: Jun 12, 2007. 10:23 PM
you could always use paper mache which would make it even stronger right?
danlab says: Jul 18, 2008. 10:19 AM
They are basically using paper mache, just with glue instead of flower paste; which makes it considerably harder and more resistant to water damage etc. Although it would be very interesting to try and make one out of traditional paper mache materials.
Remote Man says: Jul 3, 2007. 7:24 AM
Im so doing this to my old TV!! good jobbb
wombat7 says: Jun 11, 2007. 3:52 PM
super cool!
Ora says: Jun 11, 2007. 1:38 PM
That's amazing!!! This is a much better use for the newspaper, and it creates a functional thing too.
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