When I saw this chair on Facebook Marketplace, I knew the perfect space that it could reside, in our basement! Even though we were nowhere near starting our basement renovation. I bought this chair for $50 because I didn’t know if we would ever see one that cheap (and in that good of shape!) again. If you see the perfect piece, for a certain space in your home, buy it! I have never regretted hanging on to pieces until we decide to start the project. In fact, it makes it so much easier to decorate, instead of scrambling for a whole bunch of pieces, once the project is complete.
We had been looking for one of these vintage chairs, that was in decent condition and affordable. We almost paid $250 to get another one, but someone claimed it before me on Marketplace and looking back, I’m very happy that it didn’t work out.
So, when searching for a chair like this what keywords did I use? “Rattan chair,” “Hanging Chair,” “Vintage hanging chair,” “Wicker Vintage Chair,” “Wicker Chair” etc. You get the point. I searched everyday for a few months and then I heard an awesome tip, and I think it is what landed me this beaut of a chair! Every time you search for an item and you find the item that you’re looking for, (maybe you didn’t get that item because it sold too fast OR maybe you love it, but don’t want to pay that price), save the item! See picture below and press that save button. I kept at it and did this for a few months, and Facebook found this one for me and listed it in the “new listings.” The more you save items, the more it tells Facebook Marketplace what you are looking for! Try to be consistent.
There are many sisal ropes you can buy on Amazon for quadruple the price of what I found, but we highly suggest the rope that we found as it was SO inexpensive. I headed to Lowe’s to get the thickest sisal rope there was, and it was only 42 cents per foot. I purchased 12 feet, which cost me a whopping $5.04. We didn’t need that much, but I wanted to have enough, just in case.
So once we had the rope, we took it back home, and then started on the knot. The knot we did was a double fisherman’s knot, it gets tighter the more you pull on it…which is exactly what you want! Grant followed a Youtube video to perfect it. But here is an example of what a double fisherman’s knot looks like:
Here it is in the completed space. It will serve as a cozy little reading nook for the kids and their friends in the years to come. What do you think!? The kids have loved this space!
Thanks for stopping by the blog today!
Jenna