A comfy chair
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (358596)
Rockingham, Australia
July 15, 2025 7:59pm CST
I thought you might like to see the home-made chair which we saw in the Cunderdin Museum.
The framework is made from whatever pieces of timber was available but the seat is a car-seat from a car. Well, where else would a car-seat be from? 
Home-made chairs were common among the settlers but the seat part might be concocted from hessian or strong material.
Home-made chairs were common among the settlers but the seat part might be concocted from hessian or strong material.11 people like this
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@DaddyEvil (153352)
• United States
9h
Mom inherited some furniture from her parents when she bought our farm from them when she married dad... Some of it was antique but there were several chairs just like that one. I don't know who made them but they were made from smoothed tree limbs and the seat was made from twine from hay bales with a cushion laid over the twine. I remember dad repairing one of the chairs one evening while we were watching television.
I do know dad made several chairs from old metal tractor seats that we used outside. They weren't comfortable but we put grass on the seat and that made them comfortable enough for kids.
You found a lot of treasures in that museum! 
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@DaddyEvil (153352)
• United States
4h
@JudyEv Yes! Very similar to the chairs dad had on the farm!
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@JudyEv (358596)
• Rockingham, Australia
Just now
@DaddyEvil It's a plough disc on the bottom but you would have known that.
@Ineeddentures (10586)
•
11h
Well the settlers wouldn't have had car seats available,
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@JudyEv (358596)
• Rockingham, Australia
Just now
@Ineeddentures Maybe I should have said 'the seat part WOULD HAVE BEEN concocted from hessian or strong material.'
@Ineeddentures (10586)
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24m
@JudyEv
The settlers wouldn't have had cars.
Never mind car seats
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@Traceyjayne (3197)
• United Kingdom
4m
Knowing me I would sit on the edge and end up on the floor….it doesn’t look very safe or comfy to me…would be better without the cushion ….or at least that fit ….lol
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@Traceyjayne (3197)
• United Kingdom
Just now
@JudyEv oh yes, I think it’s a very clever idea. I would use it ….just not with a badly fitting cushion.
@LooeyVille (65)
• United States
1h
I don't think that "chair" would support me.
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@JudyEv (358596)
• Rockingham, Australia
5h
It was probably quite strong as it was mostly men that were in those camps where such chairs were made.
