Hanging unused chairs gets them out of your way.
Our ancestors, whose homes were usually small, took full advantage of walls and ceilings to get their clutter off the floor and up where it was out-of-the-way until needed. With the trend away from larger homes, and with more people turning to cottages or apartment living, clever storage and built-in furniture solutions are a must. Suspending furniture from ceilings works for both. Hanging chairs for seating keeps floors free of clutter stylishly.
Instructions
Storage
1. Tap on the ceiling or use a stud finder to locate wooden joists to provide a secure place to hang your chair.
2. Drill a pilot hole, using a small drill bit, through the ceiling material and directly into a joist in the area you wish to hang your chair.
3. Screw a large bicycle hook securely into the joist, using the pilot hole as a guide.
4. Hang the chair on the hook from a rung on the back or upside down from the leg rungs. You also can hang chairs that don't have convenient rungs by using a rope tied securely around the chair and placed over the hook.
Off-the-Floor Seating
5. Find the ceiling joists as before, by tapping or using a stud finder.
6. Measure a minimum of two feet from walls and other furniture to allow your chair to swing freely.
7. Drill a pilot hole through the ceiling material and into the joist, using a drill bit that's a little smaller than the diameter of the screw-eye you are installing.
8. Install a heavy-duty, closed screw-eye directly into the joist at the marked spot. Make sure the screw-eye is screwed in all the way.
9. Place a heavy-duty S-hook through the loop of the screw-eye. Hang your chair on the other end of the hook, following the manufacturer's instructions for your chair model.
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