Before & After: Old Chair, New Material

Dabney Frake
Dabney Frake
Dabney is a Southern-born, New England-raised, current Midwesterner. Her dog Grim is part terrier, part basset hound, part dust mop.
published Jun 19, 2013
comments
We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing.
Worn wooden chair with metal frame in a cluttered workshop, labeled "before."
See More Images
(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)

Here’s kind of a cool thing. This steel-framed chair had seen better days. Enter Janusz, who has an abiding love for the world’s most humble material — cardboard — and for bringing old furniture back to life. Click here to see what he did next. 

See More Images
(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)
tan sofa on pink chair

Create your very own home design mood board with our new tool!

While the text isn’t in English, there are enough photos so you get the idea how it was made here and here. It almost look like inlay, doesn’t it?

Thanks for sharing, Janusz! Readers, this isn’t his first rodeo. His blog, Z Kartonu, is filled with projects made from cardboard. 

(Images: Z Kartonu)

Filed in:
Home Projects
before & after
furniture
diy