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Vintage Art Deco China Cabinet Restore

This Art Deco waterfall china cabinet, circa 1940, had seen better days. Tucked away in a shop and used as a storage shelf, it was in rough shape. A family member, inspired by a photo featuring rich navy tones and warm wood, wanted to see it brought back to life. With that vision in mind, I gave the piece the repairs and makeover it deserved — blending classic navy with warm wood to honor both its history and a fresh new style.

How I Repaired an IKEA Kids Chair

 


My sweet little niece has a cute little IKEA table and chair set but her older brother broke the laminated chipboard seat after falling on it while rollerblading in the house (Covid indoor activities ;) )


Here is the broken seat, there is no support except at the front and back hence why it snapped in the center.

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She asked if I had any wood to repair it but all I had on hand was thinner as shown above or thicker shown below.


But as a recycler and repurposer I had a couple more storage piles to check.


This is the front support edge with brad nails once I took it all apart.


A couple dowel were snapped off as well once it was apart so I drilled them out and replaced with new dowels.


In my last pile I found 3/8" plywood sheet that was perfect. I cut it first on the table saw to rip it down to a manageable size.


Then I fine tuned the piece on the mitre saw.


The edges were sanded smooth and tapped into the frame. See the added 1/4" piece under the front edge to give a firm surface to hammer on to affix the brad nails into the replacement seat.


On the back frame piece I used the old seat to hammer on as to not dent the wood chair frame.


A power sand to the seat top and the little chair was as good as new.


Isn't she the sweetest? And her little set it back in action! xoxo

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