Throne

These thrones began when our dining room chairs started falling apart. Rather than buy another set of mass-produced furniture, we decided to build our own from dimensional lumber. And if we were going to build chairs, why settle for ordinary chairs when we could have thrones?

We were watching The Last Kingdom at the time, and I wasn’t particularly impressed with King Alfred’s throne. I figured we could do better than the King of Wessex, especially after the way he treated Uhtred.

Inspired by the show, we built our first throne, then another. Each includes a storage compartment for your wealth, a little nod to Ragnar the Fearless and his Viking hall.

Built from pine, these are substantial pieces of furniture, standing 61 inches tall, 25 inches wide, and 24 inches deep. Both still sit in our dining room, considerably sturdier than the chairs they replaced.

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