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Marthe48

(19,323 posts)
Thu Jan 5, 2023, 04:07 PM Jan 2023

Successfully repaired a vintage doll high chair today

The old wooden kind. We got it at a sale over 10 years ago. When we saw our granddaughter loved playing with dolls, we cleaned it up and painted it her favorite color. She outgrew it, and my daughter gave it back to us, in pieces. It has a tray that lifts, held in place on the sides in the back with a screw through the tray arm, a round bead and into the uprights. When I got it back, one of the beads was missing, and I couldn't find one around the house that was the right size. Last spring, my daughter miraculously came across the bead, and the rest of the parts were there, too. I got all set to put it toghter. Except the screw on that side had broken off inside the drilled hole. I wanted to put the darn thing into the yard sale I had last June, so I started a screw hole as close to the original as I could. At least the pieces were all together. It didn't sell at the yard sale, and not only that, it came apart in more places. The slat seat, the rail across the dowels back of the chair, and the tray fell off. In putting it away, I mislaid that darned bead. I found it right before Christmas, and put repairing this high chair on my list. I got to it today. I mislaid the bead again, but found it. I also needed a thin screw with a round slotted head. But no worries. Over the years, we had bought boxes and boxes of tool shop odds and ends, and by going through 3 coffee cans full of that jumble, I found a screw that worked. I also found 2 small nails that fit on the front of the tray on the other side, and glued the slats, and a couple of the dowels on the back. After the glue dries, I'm going to spray white chalk paint over the pink, probably let some of the last color show through, not sure yet. I haven't done that before, so it'll be new for me. When I'm done, it is going in my booth, and someone else can enjoy it!

I also found 7 more concrete nails, which I can use on the wall in my booth I love my work

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Successfully repaired a vintage doll high chair today (Original Post) Marthe48 Jan 2023 OP
It can be lots of fun rehabbing broken down bits into something you can sell. I've got an old Vinca Jan 2023 #1
Yes, it is satisfying Marthe48 Jan 2023 #2

Vinca

(51,235 posts)
1. It can be lots of fun rehabbing broken down bits into something you can sell. I've got an old
Thu Jan 5, 2023, 05:21 PM
Jan 2023

treadle sewing machine base sitting out in the garage waiting for a top. I had another my husband fixed up for me to use with my modern sewing machine. I used to buy little, beaten up tables and paint them for resale. For some reason green was a big seller.

Marthe48

(19,323 posts)
2. Yes, it is satisfying
Thu Jan 5, 2023, 05:24 PM
Jan 2023

I do minimal repairs, in case someone more experienced that I am wants to take the piece in a different direction. Nothing valuable, just things that have a little life left in them

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