I wouldn’t post on a furniture assembly project, but Sparky was adorably disruptive.

Dogs can sense human moods through a combination of superior scent detection, keen observation of body language, and vocal tone recognition.

Sparky is wise in the ways of man.  He sees that I am moving around and concentrating.  No food is involved.  Sparky squirmed in between me and the chair, and tried to look innocent, like he just happened to be standing there for no reason.

I didn’t give him the satisfaction of a reaction.  I just worked around him.

I have two Polywood patio chairs.  They are upright chairs for having a beer or cigar, not zero gravity lounge chairs that assume the occupant has unreliable bones.  However, on cool evenings, it would be nice to bundle up in a comfortable chair.

This chair is almost too good to be true.  Unlike most Adirondack chairs, the back is adjustable.  And it has a build in footrest and beverage holder.  Even better, it folds up for storage, and it’s less than half the price of a Polywood chair with fewer features.

The name brands don’t carry anything like this, so I bought two chairs from a company who’s name reminds me of ‘cloaca’. 

The instructions are clear, every part is labeled and the major hardware appears to be stainless steel.  If IKEA sold HDPE patio chairs, this would be it.

Just like IKEA furniture, this needs some field mods.  The slat screws may not be stainless, and the stainless steel hardware stands out too much.

Before assembly, I painted the hardware.

To paint the slat screws, I put Rustoleum in a little squeeze bottle.  It didn’t take long.

The chairs went together pretty well.  Like IKEA furniture, it isn’t as sturdy as something more expensive, but it’s got nice features.