Old-Time Chair-Making Crafts

Wooden Chairs

• Wooden rocking chairs are perhaps the most popular kind of old-time chair crafters build. They’re relaxing, don’t take up much space and add an old-fashioned, country charm to any room. For smaller projects, make a child-size rocking chair, or a rocking horse. Other old-time wooden chairs craft projects include telephone chairs, stools, barber chairs and high chairs, which can be used to house and showcase doll crafts.

Upholstered Chairs

• Upholstered chairs are a bit more intricate and time-consuming than wooden chair crafts, because of the extra steps involved in creating padded seats and backs neatly covered with fabric. To start off with a simpler craft project, build an old-fashioned vanity seat, washboard stool or table chair, and create a padded, upholstered seat for it with a staple gun, foam and fabric. For advanced upholstered projects, craft an old-time divan chair, Bergerie, Chippendale or easy chair with matching ottoman.