Here is my new garden seat

When I got Ruth to make the willow bower I had a wild idea about what I wanted to put in it. It has taken me a while to get the right person to tackle it, but John from Fairley Forge in Northumberland was the man for the job!
Here is the old bath that used to belong to Robert and Caroline, sitting in my garden back in March

I had no idea whether my plan would work
neither did John - here he is tentatively trying his angle grinder on the grubby bath
so far so good, next I needed some feet and I thought that cobblers lasts might do the job

welding next and the legs are made of scrap metal, so everything about this seat is 100% recycled

after a good clean, here it is - though there is talk of a few further refinements - we'll put some taps on maybe and Geoff thinks we should stand it on a bit of lino, with a bath mat perhaps? I will make some seat cushions for it - its a bit cold on the old bum.
This visitor is a bit fed up though - I have moved his dinner to a new location - I draw the line at washing the bird poo off my lovely new seat!
John is taking orders if you're interested!!

Comments

[Lucy Locket-Pocket]

What a brilliant idea! I love the idea of using cobbler's lasts for the feet! Truly inspirational!

Lucy xxx

[Sarah]

It's wonderful - and a bath mat would be a lovely touch!

[Christy]

When you mentioned a bath and the willow bower, my mind jumped to those exotic pictures of people outside, bathing in a bath, drinking wine, looking at the sunset. But then as I moved down the pictures and there it was sawn asunder, I knew that was not it.

I do think that the outside seat is a wonderful idea, all recycled and the cobblers feet, so imaginative.

Christy

[Christy]

I just had to write another comment about the willow bower. I enlarged it and saw all the shoots, that's just amazing. How lovely. Now I want one. Oh! person of discontent.

Christy

[Mary de B]

I want one too -- the bower and the seat, and I probably want the view as well! I hope you sloped it a bit so any rain ends up going down the drain!