Garden Bench

Rebbetzin

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Last year one of my neighbors was throwing out an old poster bed. I had to "walk" the bed frame to my house, (about two blocks away)since it wouldn't fit in the trunk or my car, or in our small pickup which has a camper shell.
Here it is after I brought it home last year, not the best photo!
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I had seen some cute garden benches made from old beds. And this would be PERFECT! So... with a little help from a friend, who had better tools than I do... we cut down the foot board, and made a frame for the seat.

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Here it is all put together...
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And here it is with the first coat of primer. (Cherokee carrying his favorite toy, an old laundry detergent jug.)

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And here it is mostly finished
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Close up photo of daisy applique on back

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Before Photo of Ball and Claw foot.

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After photo of foot.

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Still looking for the wood to make the seat...
When I find the wood, and get it all put together I will update
with those photos.
Painted the bench to match my chicken coop. I built the coop back
in 2008. Here are the links to my chicken coop pages on BYC
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/glenn-cottage-eggery
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/coop-construction

In 2014, the city made me take down my coop. I cried!!!
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But just last year they changed the zoning! I am in the process of putting my coop back up with a new and improved run. Maybe I will start a new thread for my rebuild on the Chicken Coop....
 

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Very nice bench! I like it and will have to keep my eye out for someone throwing out a head board/ foot board and make one myself.
 

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Kudos for the bench - concept to finished useful thing. Lots of care taken.

I've visited Tucson a couple times, last time being probably 10 years ago. Why has Tucson city hall decided to do that? Too bad. I feel sad for you.
 

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Kudos for the bench - concept to finished useful thing. Lots of care taken.

I've visited Tucson a couple times, last time being probably 10 years ago. Why has Tucson city hall decided to do that? Too bad. I feel sad for you.
Don't be sad... we can have chickens again! They changed the distance from 50ft to 20ft from the nearest neighbor's dwelling.
So I was able to put my coop back where it was! I still need to put the "top" on it, and cover it with chicken wire and hardware cloth. The run area is bigger this time.
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Love the bench. I see Cherokee photo bombed it. I bet he "helped" with your project!
 

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Haha, Trip and all my other dogs love to help also.
 
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