The other day I manage to pick up a two seat bistro set with a matching table for super-duper cheap. There was only one problem with it and that was that time had taken its toll on the seats themselves. The grill webbing that makes the base of the seat was rusty and falling off.
I sat and thought of ways I could replace the seat sections. And came up with the following items to ponder.
1) The seat webbing could be replaced, but I would need a welder
2) The seat webbing could be covered up and something could be bolted to the top by drilling holes in the metal and screwing it down.
3) I could cut out the webbing and put wood UNDER the seat and make it look intentionally wooden, but I would have to clip and file every rusty edge that was exposed and it still might pinch or poke.
I finally decided on a fourth possibility and decided to work with a combination of options two and three.
I found wood at Habitat for Humanity and Home depot and cut several pieces to shape to be placed on top of the chair seat itself. This would eliminate any possibility of getting poked with rusty parts or pinched with the chair edge itself.
I then put braces on the bottom of the chair and bolted them into place. I speculated if wood screws holding it from the bottom would be enough, but sturdiness prevailed and I opted for bolts that would be visible from the top in an aesthetically pleasing way. It doesn’t look like a patch to cover up a chair that was falling apart. It looks like I wanted it to look this way. So I’m pretty happy about it.
