Etsy Taste Test
Etsy – the easy to love, but impossible to find what you are looking for website, just re-entered my life. I took the Taste Test and suddenly I no longer see a whole lotta junk I don’t like. I am still playing, but had to take a quick break to share this. ‘Taste Test‘ seems like it works pretty good.
I grew up all western. Men in my family (not my husband) wear cowboy hats everyday (because they work cows for a living). I own wranglers (that I haven’t worn in 20 years) in a variety of colors. I have belts that have my name on them and shiny silver buckles to compliment. And now I know what to do with these relics that I can can’t throw away. I think I might NEED this chair.
Though to make it myself, I think I would find it very tempting to spray the frame with Antique brown metallic paint (I have a can of this for my house to touch up all my door knobs). I find something very design-y cool about this. And it speaks to my roots in a way I can love. What about you?
You can buy this chair or a similar original from kikithespunkymunkey on etsy.
Oh and this caught my eye too….
my kids would love to make this for me…(recycled bowling ball and marble garden sphere by TaDahpdx)
janine robinson said,
December 18, 2010 @ 6:43 pm
that chair is outrageous!! and i also totally love the garden marble sphere ball!! i even tested out etsy’s taste test–and it did get me closer to what i like!
i posted your brilliant ideas on my garden/outdoor living idea blog (yes, new to the blog world) under “ideas i dig,” on:
http://www.lagunadirt.blogspot.com.
thanks!!
garden design manchester said,
December 19, 2010 @ 4:02 pm
I do like what you have with the chair
MamaHolt said,
December 20, 2010 @ 9:59 am
Oh. mah. gawddd!!! That chair! And that marble bowling ball!!! I simply cannot go to Etsy because it is an evil vortex for me. I swear, I look up and 3 hours have simply disappeared!
Thanks for visiting my blog…LOVE yours! You’re always welcome to share anything on my blog with your blog. Blog + Blog + Bloglove. Off to read more of yours…
lori wyant said,
May 11, 2012 @ 2:31 pm
A lil’ on the late side, but thanks for the shout out on my western belt lawn chair! I love to recycle/upcycle/thrift/create, so sometimes things like the chair just happen lol. I also use the scraps from the belts to make some pretty snappy looking cuff bracelets…also sold on Etsy…http://www.etsy.com/listing/46675723/vintage-leather-western-belt-upcycled – And since you’ve seen the chair (1 1/2 yrs ago!!!!) I’ve re-woven the seats of vintage ladderback chairs with thrifted Guatemalan belts
Thanks again for the kind words and sharing the chair! Lori aka kikithespunkymunky
lori wyant said,
May 11, 2012 @ 2:31 pm
forgot the ladderback link…http://www.etsy.com/listing/72098055/heeeres-earl-upcycled-recycled-ladder