Adopted

My definition of a chair orphan continues to take shape. A chair that's for sale in a store, garage sale or any other type of business is not an orphan. How about a chair that's part of a heap in the back of a pick-up truck? Probably an orphan.

But the following chairs are not orphans because I've adopted them:

This chair, they say, originated from The Breaker's Pub in Point Roberts. No doubt it's seen some good times.

The chair below is the one that got this whole chair-orphan ball rolling. I can see it all refurbished, sporting some plush brown velvet upholstery. I'll have to save my pennies though - that kind of face lift doesn't come cheap.

Chair deletion

That's what happens when you leave your pictures on your camera rather than saving them. I was collectng a few more chair orphan pictures to post here, but then accidentally deleted them. I hope I've learned my lesson.

Note: after writing this sad treatise on chair deletion, I discover the pictures (though not very impressive) are actually not at all deleted, but safely stored on my memory stick.

Needs a little sandpaper and a few nails

...but it could be all shiny and new in time for patio season.

A motley crew

Today's run was around a rougher neighbourhood, an behold a rougher collection of orphans.

But this one, though in a rough neighbourhood, is holding up very well. It needs a home with lots of space. I hope someone picks it up before the rain starts.

Not an orphan

This is John's chair. He found it in an alley, refinished the wood and had it re-upholstered. Just goes to show how great a chair orphan can be.

A perfectly good, perfectly sturdy chair.

Chair attachment

Look at these lovely three. This chair orphan thing is starting to get to me. It's almost as bad as going to the SPCA - I want to adopt them all: two sturdy wooden chairs and look at the one in the middle - all retro and angular - kind of like a car seat on legs. Sigh - I wish I could take them all home. Well I hope someone picks them up and they won't be left out in the elements.