Mad Tea Party Chairs
Date: October 2, 2012
Categories: Uncategorized
With only a few weeks until Veronica’s Bridal shower I decided she needed a proper tea party chair for the occasion. I happened to be reorganizing a closet while looking for some tools and I stumbled across a box full of old wood related books. From making the ultimate workshop (circa 1963) to making authentic Quaker furniture and everything in between I took a moment from the task at hand and decided to browse through them. In a book called ‘Making Country Furniture’ I found a plan for a Poor Man’s Wing Chair and it looked decidedly Alicey, so I decided to alter the plans and make the chair from one sheet of 3/4 inch 4X8 plywood!
I still need to finish the second coat of paint on this chair and in the movie there is a slight design to each tuck and roll area of the chair, so I am debating on whether I can pull off the complete paint scheme!
Normal size chair on the left! The backs are really tall!
I was only going to make one chair, but after seeing how the first one turned out I was given the green light to make a chair for me, so on our big day we will both be sitting in these over sized chairs! I decided to make a crown shape cutout on the side of my chair.. I wish I would have been at home to design something a little cleaner on the computer, but for freehanding this design on wood it didn’t come out too shabby!
My car has been a workhorse for me this year! It has been able to handle getting the plywood sheets needed for all my projects and get the projects home once I am done in my Grandpa’s garage!
Fantastic! Looking forward to seeing the finished product!
Thanks, Dave!!
Thank you for all your awesome pictures and stories too. They keep me sane when I am not able to make it out to Disneyland ,and I am always learning something new!
Another fantastic project. I can’t wait to see everything together on the big day!
How clever! You have some real skills there. That chair looks simply terrific!
Thank you! 🙂 I was hoping on making a “real” piece of furniture, but time and money did not prevail! I think one of these days I will try and make version 2.0 and make an upholstered version instead of painted plywood! For $30 a chair in wood + the cost of paint these will serve their purpose and they are not half bad to sit in either!