86'n It

A lovely lady named Kristin that I know from other parts of the interwebs saved the day here. She pointed out to me that with the handy help of a "Rocker Swivel Base with Legs", I can turn any chair into a rocker!

Kristin, you truly rock! ;)



I think *I* saw the lightbulb go off above my head this time because I instantly knew what chair we could use:

It is green chair to the rescue! Thanks for the help Saint Patrick. (I'm sure I'm right on top of his priority list.) The fabric on this chair as such a great texture too, check it out <----.

Great minds think alike because when I told Marc about the ad-on base option, he immediately sat up in bed and pointed at said green chair.

We already know that this chair will look good in Franca's room because I used it before the Ikea Poang chair. Also it has been approved by The Late, Great Tuna. Done. Deal.

I've read that all you do is cut a piece of plywood the shape and size of the bottom of your chair and attach the new base, then attached both to the chair. BASTA! .....Well, because nothing is easy here at 86'n It, I turned the chair over to find this popped spring:

For full disclosure, we knew something was up with this chair. It was just too squishy when you sat in it. I've googled and found out:

a) the wire parts are called "hook links"
b) I can buy a pound of them for $3. (That is about 99 more than I need.)
c) they are also helping to make the chair extra squishy

I'm trying to decide whether or not to just buy a hook link and a new Edge clip ($8/lb) and just try not to (Boing!) snap my eye out while reconnecting it, or if we should try to get rid of all the too-squishy hook links (Boing, boing, boing! There are more of those then we have eyes to poke out.).


Care to weigh in?