Old Gyn Chair for Sale

A few days ago I was helping a friend transport a piece of furniture from a consignment store and i happened to see this old gyn/birth chair for sale. Asking price was only 165 euros and the take away price was even less. It was in great condition, even the cushions were very usable and clean considering the age. All the ratchets and sliders worked. The only thing missing were the stirrups and stirrup holders. Even without these last it was a very cheap asking price.

Alas, what reason can anyone come up with for bringing a gyn chair home? Decorating wouldn't really fly, nor much of anything else that I could think of. So, here's another Missed Opportunity that I will remember for years to come ...

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Oh dear, that's a real shame. A pity it didn't have the stirrups and holders with it, but some tlc and a fresh coat of paint would have worked wonders.

I suppose, though, that if you got to take it home but then didn't have the chance to use it, that may have been more of a source of distress to you in the long run!

I have always thought about getting a barber chair for the man cave and converting into a gyn chair. With some creative welding, you could add removable stirrups and still not have to hide the chair.

165 euros is a lot for what is in the picture. Ouch. Hang out on CL and you can do much better. I have found tables for free, with the stirrups. And an exam table w/o the stirrups is not much fun. The trick might be making the table look like something else such as a workbench so you can hide it in plain sight.

You might be able to use a regular exam table like the Ritter 104 I have, with drawers under it, cut a piece of plywood to cover the cushion and make skirts that go down to the top of the drawers so you can't see the cushion. Stick it in your garage and stack some junk on it. Put a few tools in the drawers and Vola, it looks like a work table. If you put some of those Teflon furniture sliders under the feet, you can slide it out, lift the wooden top off and turn your garage into your play room.

I would not feel bad about not getting that table for 165 euros though.