DIY Project: Upcycled Garden Table & Chairs Which Saved Us £100s! 😊

We finally our new garden table and chairs and we couldn’t be more pleased with how they turned out.

Back in September last year (8 months ago) we decided to change our rattan furniture which we’d have for about 8 years for something different as it was beginning to show its age and had started to split and go brittle in places.

I really loved the look of the “conversation area” seating in Linda Vater’s newly renovated back garden and thought I’d love to recreate that idea for our paved patio area.

We looked online and because garden furniture is incredibly expensive, Richard decided to make our furniture himself.

We found 8 secondhand cast iron bench sides at our local antiques centre - Battlesbridge in Essex, cleaned them up and spray painted them black.

Richard bought wood from our local hardware store, cut them to the size he wanted for the slats for the seat, drilled a hole in each end and painted them with clear varnish.

Then in was just a case of fixing the slats into the pre-made holes on the bench ends with heavy duty nuts and bolts.

We were so fortunate to find the cast iron table on Facebook Marketplace and we ordered a piece of toughened glass from a shop we found on eBay.

Richard saved us a fortune by making the furniture himself. Total cost for all 4 chairs was £180 and total cost for the table was £95, so that’s £275 for the complete set.

We are absolutely delighted with the finished result and I hope you like it too!

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Have fun in your gardens!

Janette, The Enthusiastic Gardener

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Today’s music is available on the YouTube Audio Music Library:

“Natural” by Endless Love

“Luz Solar” by Luna Cantina