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Posted 10 years ago
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This chair definitely looks old but I have no idea about this kind of stuff, is there anyone out there that can give me some idea as to what it was used for, the age, kind of chair, etc? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks =)
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I laughed so hard I cried on this one. I wasn't going to post but someone else may need a laugh in their day. You have a vintage toilet seat lid for a seat and a hodge podge of parts to make it a chair. It is certainly unique and probably one of a kind. Looks like the best seat in the house so to speak.
As an after thought I probably need to expand a bit on my reply above. I have to assume you are young and only familiar with modern indoor plumbing. You probably never heard of one seaters or two seaters and probably never had to visit an outhouse. Yes, we had two seaters.....kind of a buddy system of yore. The seat of this chair fits the lid of an outhouse. I don't even need dimensions. Believe it or not the lids are quite collectible and people use them for all kinds of things. This is a poor example of use but someone tried. I am still chuckling.
That is funny because the first thing we said is this looks like an old toilet seat, I didn't think someone would actually make a chair out of one so I did not expand on that thinking. I did use an outhouse for a good part of my younger years, although I am still young. We got this at a yard sale for $1.00. It had some funky coverings on it that the man told me his mother had recovered it numerous times in her lifetime. Hmm, now the questions is, do I want to keep this old thing in my house haha! Thanks for the info.
I have seen them used for picture frames, mirror frames and painted. The actual chair is what I would say is kindling wood. The seat is a totally different story. I would certainly think more than twice before discarding it. I have seen arts and crafts dealers drool over this type item. You don't find them every day.
I be 68 & ain't never used no outhouse when I grew up in Alabam! Must be a nor'thn ting. Please excuse ma Alabamese.
blunderbuss2, Well I was in Northern Idaho when we had an outhouse and no indoor plumbing so maybe it is a Northern thing...
fhrjr, any idea how old this toilet seat might be? The wood that they used for the chair part looks pretty old itself but not as old as the seat. I wonder if I should take it apart or just see if any one would want it whole chair form.
I will give you my best shot. I would say the seat (seat only) is either maple or birch. The finish on it tells me it was painted previously and then stripped. I would guess original to be somewhere 1940's. I also think this was originally mounted on an inside hole. Yes they had inside out houses, usually at the back. It would be odd to use this type of wood out back or at all unless you had a few bucks. Fancy people had fancy lids, poor people might just toss a piece of wood over the hole. The last place I lived in Vermont had an indoor two seater on the second story of the house. It had hardwood lids and even candle holders. Last time I was on the Maine turnpike they still had outhouses in their rest areas.
Maybe I was a bit hasty before. Hunting, I remember leaning back against a tree or sitting on a log after ck'ing for snakes or poison ivy. Could we have skipped the outhouse stage in evolution in Alabam? Damned Yankees dun out smarted us again!! LMAO!
Best seat in the house. We still joke about it today and people have no idea what we are talking about. I love watching their faces as they try to figure it out. Not rich but memories are golden.
Another fun nite on CW!