‘Weird Fact Wednesday: Jack White’s newly upholstered bench’

     

All images courtesy Third Man Upholstery

I’ve heard of “the furniture of the lodge,” but this is something else!

Third Man Upholstery

You know Jack White is a rock star, but did you know he is a master upholsterer and furniture repair expert too? I suppose it is wise to have something to fall back on.

This edition of Weird Fact Wednesday concerns the news of how White gave new life to a piece of former Masonic seating used inside a one time Masonic temple that today is an arts center. A few hours ago, CityBeat published the story, based on photos from White’s upholstery company’s Instagram account.

CityBeat says:


One of White’s most recent projects is a vintage Masonic bench, which he restored—and added a bit of creative flair to in the form of a built-in amplifier—as a gift to Johnny Wirick’s Masonic Sounds Studio inside of Dayton, Kentucky’s The Lodge, a century-old Masonic lodge that has been renovated into a bustling arts hub over the past decade.

When asked where he plans to put the bench, Wirick said White told him he had a “dream” it would go into The Lodge’s Blue Room (the Masonic Sounds Studio).

The lodge room seating, as it was.

The work in progress.

Et voila!

Click here to see all the photos White shared on his Third Man Upholstery Instagram page. Be sure to watch the brief video of White, armed with a Les Paul, demonstrating the amp inside the bench. Also, note the hilarious photo captions.

Click here for The Lodge in Kentucky (although it is right outside Cincinnati, Ohio).

Click here for the CityBeat story.