This October my husband and I will be married ten years. We didn’t have a typical wedding, we decided on a Renaissance/Medieval theme wedding because both of us have been married previously and we thought it would be fun.
It was a festive ceremony with guests invited to dress the part, lots of colorful decorations and lots of laughs. It was so much fun.
Maybe I’ll dig out my photos to share with everyone.
My uncle, the handyman that he is, built us a specail thrown fit for a king and queen. The newly built bench was placed at the headtable at the reception for us to sit on. It really made the reception awesome. The headtable really stood out.
The above picture is what’s left of the bench. The back used to be really tall with two peaks and two diamond cutouts below the peaks.
I previously cut the top of the bench off to change the look from a king and queen thrown to more of a rustic garden bench.
The back and sides are starting to peel, but the frame is still super strong.
What is a girl to do…
I decided to cover the seat and back with pallet wood. Each board was cut and nailed in place.
What an improvement! It now looks like a garden bench. It’s safer too. And, it only took me about 15 minutes.
The bench looks amazing sitting in the garden.
As soon as the rian lets up and the boards dry out a few days, I’ll be able to stain and seal the boards.
The new section of fence behind the bench needs stain as well.
That will be a great afternoon project.
If you have a piece that needs a little sprucing up or you would like to give it a rustic look, any reclaimed wood is an easy fix. It takes no time at all to cut and nail them in place.
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Its a great make over. What a lovely place to enjoy a beautiful sunrise or sunset 🙂
The bench looks fab. Great upcycle. And Yes! Please share the wedding pics! I’m your newest follower. Visiting from SYC.
Your gorgeous rustic reclaimed wood bench caught my eye at the Share Your Cup Thursday Party. Love all the faded colors – very nice!
It’s lovely! 🙂
Great bench – Love this style. I have one similar in my garden made from reclaimed wood and I love it. It’s in a nice shady space so I can sit and enjoy my surroundings.
Carole
lovely site and yes a few photos of your medieval wedding sounds fun and love to see them.
super creative and awesome…LOVE it. Stopping by from #MommyMondayBlogHop
I love how your bench turned out and that you used reclaimed wood to do it. So pretty. Thank you for sharing at Share It One More Time. Cathy
Great way to salvage a bench – love the character you’ve given it with the reclaimed wood! Visiting from the share It One More Time Party.
I love the beautiful rustic wood look of your bench.
This is a fantastic idea! Love it!
Thank you for sharing with us at Brag About It!
~Laurie
Great bench ya got there! Love all the different colors of the wood.Thank you so much for linking up to Merry Monday this week! I am sharing your post today on our Pinterest board. We hope to see you next week for another great party! Have a great week!
Best,
Kim
I love the rustic bench and it would be fun to see your wedding photos! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Cute bench! Thanks for joining Home Sweet Home!
Fabulous re-do of your garden bench Andrea. Thank you for sharing at Shabbilicious Friday. I’m delighted to be featuring it at tomorrow’s party. Have a great weekend ~ Kerryanne
How special that you were able to give that old (sentimental) bench new life!
catching you!
gail
Congratulations! This post is featured over at Diana Rambles today and has been pinned in the Featured at Diana Rambles board at Pinterest and shared on Twitter, Facebook & G+. Please grab a featured button off my button page or via the post guidelines graphic. Thanks for sharing this awesome idea!
Cool! This looks so good. Pinned and tweeted. Thank you for bringing this to our party and we hope to see you on Monday at 7 pm. Lou Lou Girls
This is so rustic and pretty! You did such a good job giving your garden bench new life, and now it’s cuter than ever! It’s one of my features tomorrow night at Treasure Box Tuesday! Thank you for linking up with us, Andrea! 🙂
You never cease to amaze me!! Thanks so much for sharing on homework | The Inspiration Board. I featured you today http://www.carolynshomework.com/2015/07/the-inspiration-board-spotlight-213.html
The bench looks amazing and I can’t believe that it took you only 15 minutes to renovate it. Can’t wait to see it when you paint it.