Who are the makers of metal lawn chairs?
Jefferson, Texas-based Torrans Manufacturing Co., owned and operated by husband-wife team Skip and Kathy Torrans, leads the charge when it comes to modern-day stamped steel metal chair manufacturing. (Skip even wrote a book on the subject .)
Is there a market for retro lawn chairs?
Antiques enthusiasts have long coveted these old-school armchairs for the patina they lend to a porch or patio. And with growing interest in all things midcentury, from furniture to accessories, many lawn chair manufacturers—as well as resale sites—are seeing an uptick in demand.
Who was the guy that made the webbed lawn chair?
Long esteemed for their understatement—lawn chairs are an icon of leisure, after all—the lawn chair has made headlines here and there. Some of you may recall Larry “Lawnchair” Walters, an aviation-loving Vietnam Vet and truck driver who in 1982 attached 42 helium-filled weather balloons to his webbed lawn chair in his girlfriend’s yard.
Is there such a thing as a lawn chair?
Lawn chairs and she-sheds are a match made in lazy-day heaven. Long esteemed for their understatement—lawn chairs are an icon of leisure, after all—the lawn chair has made headlines here and there.
Jefferson, Texas-based Torrans Manufacturing Co., owned and operated by husband-wife team Skip and Kathy Torrans, leads the charge when it comes to modern-day stamped steel metal chair manufacturing. (Skip even wrote a book on the subject .)
Antiques enthusiasts have long coveted these old-school armchairs for the patina they lend to a porch or patio. And with growing interest in all things midcentury, from furniture to accessories, many lawn chair manufacturers—as well as resale sites—are seeing an uptick in demand.
Long esteemed for their understatement—lawn chairs are an icon of leisure, after all—the lawn chair has made headlines here and there. Some of you may recall Larry “Lawnchair” Walters, an aviation-loving Vietnam Vet and truck driver who in 1982 attached 42 helium-filled weather balloons to his webbed lawn chair in his girlfriend’s yard.
Lawn chairs and she-sheds are a match made in lazy-day heaven. Long esteemed for their understatement—lawn chairs are an icon of leisure, after all—the lawn chair has made headlines here and there.
