electrolux137
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I've been wanting a chair to keep in front of my early 1920s Royal Model 10 manual typewriter. I do use the typewriter occasionally, usually just for fun but also for envelopes, etc.
(I found the typewriter more than 20 years ago at a thrift shop -- for ten dollars. It's in beautiful condition and even has all the original "finger-saver" rubber key caps.)
Down at the church there was a pile of old folding chairs that had been discarded. The church was completed in 1958 and these chairs are probably at least that old, if not older.
I brought one of the chairs home and gave it a spa treatment. I sanded down the seat then stained it with light walnut stain and finished it with hand-rubbed linseed oil.
I painted the metal frame with blue-gray hammertone paint just because I like the "retro" appearance. The rubber floor protectors on the legs were fossilized, so I replaced them with rubber cane tips that I got at the pharmacy.
I think it came out pretty nice! Below are some "Before" and "After" photos.
P.S.: The all-metal typewriter stand also came from the church. I found it sitting in a corner of one of the pipe organ chambers. It was badly scratched and scarred, so I painted it a matte black finish.
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I've been wanting a chair to keep in front of my early 1920s Royal Model 10 manual typewriter. I do use the typewriter occasionally, usually just for fun but also for envelopes, etc.
(I found the typewriter more than 20 years ago at a thrift shop -- for ten dollars. It's in beautiful condition and even has all the original "finger-saver" rubber key caps.)
Down at the church there was a pile of old folding chairs that had been discarded. The church was completed in 1958 and these chairs are probably at least that old, if not older.
I brought one of the chairs home and gave it a spa treatment. I sanded down the seat then stained it with light walnut stain and finished it with hand-rubbed linseed oil.
I painted the metal frame with blue-gray hammertone paint just because I like the "retro" appearance. The rubber floor protectors on the legs were fossilized, so I replaced them with rubber cane tips that I got at the pharmacy.
I think it came out pretty nice! Below are some "Before" and "After" photos.
P.S.: The all-metal typewriter stand also came from the church. I found it sitting in a corner of one of the pipe organ chambers. It was badly scratched and scarred, so I painted it a matte black finish.
