A. Don’t despair; chair-caning is not a lost art. There are two kinds of caning, says Cathryn Peters, who runs a Web site dedicated to seat weaving and wicker repair (wickerwoman.com). The original ...

WESTFIELD – From caning chairs to hosting craft classes, the owners of the Seat Weaver have continued an upward climb in success that prompted a move to a bigger location just a year-and-a-half after ...

LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. — Liz Cottrell, a Tiverton English teacher by day, turned her penchant for chair caning into a side business. Caning is the method — and lost art some would argue — of hand ...

Seat weaving is time-consuming, meticulous work, but Fred Goff, a retired operator of heavy construction equipment, loves every minute he spends caning chairs. “Cane” is the generic term for the hard ...

Chairs can be an expensive part of our home office investment. If you’re like me, you’ve probably owned an office chair that no longer stays at your desired seat height. Most of us will simply throw ...