Office chair from junked leather car seat

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By Sean Michael Ragan
Posted 2010/09/30 @ 7:00 am
Category Energy, Furniture

I like this idea from Ottawan Craig Reyenga, who bolted a nice leather car seat from a junkyard Volvo that he picked up for $15 onto a rolling base to make his own computer chair.

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BY Sean Michael Ragan

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5 Responses to Office chair from junked leather car seat

Shelby Davis on September 30th, 2010 at 7:13 am said:

My high school math teacher had a chair recovered from a Saab. It’s defintely a wonderfully comfortable hack if you can find an upmarket bucket seat in the junkyard (or parts store, if money is no object)

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Roofus on September 30th, 2010 at 9:26 am said:

Volvo has some of the most comfortable and award winning seats in the industry, they’re ideal for any situation where you’re sitting all day. Probably more comfy than chairs you’d pay hundreds of dollars for. I’ve considered ripping out some old Volvo seats to put in my Taurus because I miss the ones from my old 940.

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Daryl on September 30th, 2010 at 11:49 am said:

I did this a while ago, although my chair isn’t leather it does have provisions for a seatbelt

http://darylball.blogspot.com/2009/04/chair-improvements.html

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Adam E on September 30th, 2010 at 5:47 pm said:

Not the same, but I had a comfortable old wooden office chair that had its wheels fall off when the wood couldn’t take the stress of the wheel holders anymore. I nailed 2×4 in place of the wheels to elevate the chair so I could continue using a comfortable chair, thought it couldn’t roll around.

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