Westmere Restoration: Glider Bench – Part 4
Well, it is finished! The glider bench is all done. As you can see from the photo on the right, the bench is all done and ready for relaxation. What a perfect piece of outdoor furniture! The final steps for the glider were fairly straight-forward. The metal tubing from which …
Westmere Restoration: Glider Bench – Part 3
Oh, boy! What a project! You have probably seen the previous two posts about this very interesting project. We are rehabilitating a patio bench glider. The seat slats are wood, and the frame is metal. We have refinished the metal frame. The metal itself was in pretty good condition, although …
Westmere Restoration: Glider Bench – Part 2
Well! So far, so good. No doubt you read the recent post about the start of the glider bench project. The bench needed some woodworking, which has now been completed. You can see the finished slats waiting for the final cure in the photo on the right. The consensus is …
Westmere Restoration: The Glider – Part 1
Well, sometimes around the World Headquarters it seems like we are running a version of American Restoration (the original “good” version). Our latest project is a patio bench glider, the “as found” image is on the right. The glider has wood slats on the seat and a metal tube frame. …