Never knew what to do with the mattress that gave you a backache? Too good to throw away but too painful to keep? Just with a little makeover you can turn them into a fully functional seat.

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Let’s get a useless antique chair, or its legs, fasten a folded mattress on it, add a colourful coating with spray-on foam, and you’re ready. That was the idea of Frank Willems when making the unique pieces of his Madam Rubens collection.

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The chairs are currently exhibited in the Tools Gallery in Paris.

(source: freshome.com)

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