Making a Mid Century Modern Chair From Garbage Timber

In this video I make a lounge chair out of some recycled pine. I’ve never made a lounge chair, although I’ve wanted to for ages, and decided now was the time. It was a bit of an experiment, so some old recycled wood was perfect in case I mucked it up, ended up building something that looked bad, or was uncomfortable. Luckily none of these things happened (subjective on how it looks) and I’ve now got a nice new chair to have my morning coffee on. If I made another, I’d make a few design tweaks, hand carving the arm rests is definitely not time efficient, and I'd prefer to build it from nicer wood and use some slightly classier joinery methods. But in the spirit of making a prototype for myself, I’m pretty happy with how this turned out.
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[@justinkemmerer1346]

I don’t even care that it’s pine. I love thé idea of giving new life to tossed away furniture. Would love to see a future series with that in mind. Please keep posting!! I wager the KZbin thing is loads of work but you make it look so easy. You’re a natural

[@dylanbarfieldfurniture]

Thanks Justin. Absolutely, aside from the fact that it's free, it's pretty wild that this would otherwise have been dumped in landfill and nice to save it from that fate. This was the post COVID hard rubbish, the one that happened earlier this year was a bit less fruitful unfortunately, but I certainly do try and use recycled wood as much as possible.

[@bridgm854]

Love the design and seeing how it came to life over time. Really cool to watch your process and great to know that one person’s throwaway timber can become something so beautiful

[@dylanbarfieldfurniture]

Thank you!

[@user-ir4ei9dp7p]

Such an informative video for a beginner to watch. Really love.😊 you know your stuff Dylan!!!

[@dylanbarfieldfurniture]

Thanks Olivia, I'm glad you got something out of it!

[@SuperHalludba]

Looks beautiful mate. Well done!

[@dylanbarfieldfurniture]

Thanks!

[@FJGavio]

Nice one Dylan, I really like the way you finished it!!

[@dylanbarfieldfurniture]

Thanks Gavin!

[@stephan1906]

Very nice prototype!

[@dylanbarfieldfurniture]

Thank you!

[@div8digital]

Nice work!

[@dylanbarfieldfurniture]

Thanks!

[@onehandedmaker]

Hi Dylan. Another excellent video. Chair build was fun to watch and your design is cool. FYI most people have recycled curb timber which added to the entertainment value. Look forward to your next project. One last thing, look out for some timber dust like Tassi Blackwood. It can leave you with a cough!!

[@dylanbarfieldfurniture]

Thanks again. Yes I'm sometimes a bit lazy with the dusk masks, probably should up my game in that realm!

[@onehandedmaker]

Forgot to mention I love hearing crows in Australian maker clips.

[@ArchEdge]

Great Video Dylan - Chair looks Great. I've never tried Pine for joinery, but after watching your video, i might give it a go. I've recently been playing with that same ink you used - but i did the second coat, which i think was a mistake - cause there were areas where the ink wouldnt soak in, and they ended up being gummy glossy bits, which needed to be sanded away. Best result i got, was wetting the wood and sanding again, before inking.... That ink works great on TasOak.

[@dylanbarfieldfurniture]

Yeah the ink is definitely better on something with nice tight grain, good to know re the second coat, I've only ever done the one coat, but I did a water pop before applying which solved the fuzzies. And yes pine is unusually banished to shop furniture, but is actually not too bad if the quality isn't Bunnings grade! I don't know where you'd even buy that in Australia though.

[@ArchEdge]

There are lots of discussions about pine on other channels - and apparently the "Pine" they use in the UK for example is far superior to the stuff we have here in AUS. @@dylanbarfieldfurniture

[@dylanbarfieldfurniture]

It's probably the old growth stuff. Or Doug fir?

[@ArchEdge]

Hmmmmm - Possibly. I was under the impression that Douglas Fir is similar to our Oregon - but i could very much be wrong... @@dylanbarfieldfurniture

[@dylanbarfieldfurniture]

Oregon and Doug fir are the same but I think it's a North American native so who knows what they use in the UK