Project

My friend offered us a large porch swing that had been sitting in her mother's barn for an unknown amount of time.  Despite its age, it appeared to be in fairly good shape, and was big enough to fit all 4 of us.

I MEANT to work on it last Fall, so we could sit in it and enjoy the Autumn colors last year.  Didn't happen.

I finally had JP pull it out of our barn a couple of weeks ago and I set to work.

First I power washed it, then removed 6 broken slats, and tightened up some loose ones.

My dad got in on the action, and replaced a piece that was rotted on the side, and cut new slats for me.  He also glued and clamped the back to the base in several places where it was wiggly.  Finally, JP bolted the front to the back using 24" threaded rods to stabilize everything further.

Here is how it looked after all of the repairs and cleaning.

I then covered every square inch of it with 2 coats of Forest Green porch and floor paint.  See...it matches the barn!

  This morning, JP and I finally hung the swing below our deck, and we all tried it out.

Hooray!  Now we have a comfy place to sit and swing when the weather cools off in a few weeks.