Recycled Chair Swing

I saw a picture of a chair swing one day and loved it but didn't have a good spot for one, until now that is.  We had an existing deck swing that was a rope hammock style chair swing and it was great until it "wore out", and by wore out I mean that my 6 year old brandishing scissors resulted in a giant hole right where one would sit.  Serendipity... a wonderful excuse to make a recycled chair swing.

This is an ideal project to recycle a broken chair that you hate to just throw away.  I didn't have a broken chair so I picked one up at Goodwill for a few bucks.  Here is the "before" of our chair.

I planned to string rope directly through the chair seat, so I started by drilling my four holes.  After the holes were drilled I cut off the legs.

Now time for a shiny fresh coat of paint.  I used Rustoleum 2X primer/paint in a semi gloss indoor/outdoor and bravely let my daughter pick out the color.  I was so sure she would try to talk me into pink, but she surprised me and went for a nice warm orange.

Lastly, I strung the rope and used a figure eight knot that the guy at Home Depot assured me would be strong.  I attached the swing rope to some chain using large "S" hooks, chain and mounted it to the deck arbor beam using a swing-set screw kit.

This was a very quick and easy weekend project.  The chair, paint, rope and hardware cost about $25.