{"id":1114,"date":"2019-11-29T21:57:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T03:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hymnsandhome.com\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2022-11-28T21:39:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T03:39:09","slug":"my-quirky-antique-church-pew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hymnsandhome.com\/2019\/11\/29\/my-quirky-antique-church-pew\/","title":{"rendered":"Antique Church Pew Makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Have you ever watched “A Charlie Brown Christmas?” Well, if you are familiar with it, you know that part when all the kids are making fun of that twig of a tree and Charlie Brown tells them all that he doesn’t care…that it will be perfect…and besides, that little tree needs him? That, my friends, is how I felt about this antique church pew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This church pew, which I purchased several weeks ago at Vintage Market Days of St. Louis, is a bit quirky – I’ll get to that in a minute – and wasn’t in great shape, but it had potential and I wanted to turn it into something both beautiful and functional. I’m so excited to finally be able to share with you all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For quite a while I had been searching for a church pew to put in the bay window of our kitchen. It seemed like everything I would find was either the wrong size, the wrong style, or too expensive. We had thought about a built-in window seat, but decided it against it for several reasons: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The room is already a bit small and a solid seating area might make it feel even tighter. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. My husband wanted to be able to see the hardwood floor he laid (I don’t blame him), so we didn’t want to cover it up. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. There is an air vent right under the window which we would have to re-route if we did built-ins. It could be done, but would definitely make it more complicated.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    And…I like vintage church pews. Kind of fits with the Hymns & Home theme, am I right? \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n\n\n

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    So… it’s quirky! Here’s why: at some point along the way, one side of it was replaced, so the two ends are not the same! The two ends have different curves, differently sized knobs, and one side is plain while the other has a decorative panel. <\/p>\n\n\n

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    Does this bother me? Not in the slightest!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    When my husband was initially listing all the work this pew was going to need and basically telling me that this thing was a mess, I told him it has character! His reply? “That’s a LOT of character…more like emotional baggage!” Haha. We laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So exactly how much work needed to be done? Well…<\/p>\n\n\n\n