One of my leftover projects is to finish transforming the patio furniture skeletons in my yard into hammock-style pieces like I showed last year. The pieces I have left to finish are the harder ones: namely the chaise and the “swing chair”/glider.

I am pleased to report that the transformation of the chaise to a rope chaise is now complete!

There is something about this design that makes it very inviting to sit in. While previously it also looked inviting in my first makeover project where I spray-painted it black and added a cushion, I have noticed that when it comes to patio furniture especially, there is something psychologically comforting about knowing that you can see through the chair to the ground. Maybe we are worried that there are bugs or other creatures hiding beneath?

These chairs are pretty comfortable too, as my daughter will attest:

As preparation for another makeover tip I will share hopefully next week, I wanted to add some protective caps to the feet of the furniture. The downside of wrought iron furniture is that it is quite heavy. It is pretty hard for the average person to pick up a piece of wrought iron furniture to move it around so a lot of dragging and pulling goes on.

I went looking for a good cap at the hardware store and came across this item which fit the bill perfectly.
They are called “insert cups” and they fit inside the bottom of the feet so they don’t even show! Another benefit I wasn’t even considering.

When I tipped the furniture upside down to put these new insert cups on, I noticed that the original furniture must have come with plastic inserts but they had worn away or degraded with time. This is what was left.

And this was the new look.

We will see how they hold up and whether they will allow for better drag-ability of the furniture with less scratching but I was quite pleased with the overall result.

I still have some more work to do in this area but so far so good. Do you have a patio furniture spruce-up tip? Please share in the comments.