US Chair Caning Tour
Dave and I recently launched our US Chair Caning Tour with a trip to The Island Farm in Manteo, NC. We were hired by the Outer Banks Conservationists to repair a few really old chairs that reside in a living history house dating from 1847. They were generous enough to give us a free place to stay on the property so we offered to work on the chairs en plein air at their visitor’s center. We were received like rock stars….we even had a groupie!
Want us to come to your town? We’d be happy to demo, teach, or repair chairs for summer camps, groups of friends, historic houses, museums, or whatever’s clever. Call 828-707-4553 or email gochairrepair@gmail.com
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- Notes to John (our benefactor) from Andy Griffith’s wife
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- Best Chair Job EVER!
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- Reconstructed windmill
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- Our home away from home
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- Everything about this place is cool!
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- Who knew hinges could be so cool?
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- We stayed in Andy Griffith’s old guest cabin!
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- The sheep on the property were responsible for the hand towels and bedspreads in the cabin!
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- Chair Caning en plein air.
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- Our studio away from studio
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- Gene talks to a group of kids
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- our alligator friend George checking on our progress
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- Zoinks!
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- Visitors learn old games at the main house.
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- Meghan escorts Dave through the Island Farm.
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- Charlie the ox takes visitors on cart rides throughout the property.
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- Gene is the real deal and a wonderful host.
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- This lovely lady supplied our breakfast.
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- Go Chair Repair!
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- The sheep return to their “day off” pasture
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- Lovely chair next to antique map
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- The house is hands on: you can open drawers, sit on restored chairs, etc.
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- And the angels agree…that is a nice lookin’ seat!
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- Restored chair in the main house
