I’m
finally getting pictures up of my fall project.
Starting in October, I began visiting Goodwill once a week (occasionally
more and sometimes visiting different ones).
I was on the prowl…on the prowl for the perfect chairs – perfectly matching
in their miss-matchiness.
We
took the seats off. I primed them;I
painted them. I actually spray painted
them (and despite my ‘sorta’ thorough plastic drop-clothing – left a nice
pinkish dust paint layer on most objects in the garage). I told Mike we’ll just always look at the
garage through rose-colored glasses. He
wasn’t so amused and neither was Matthew when he discovered his bike helmet was
slightly pinked. It wipes off, I swear!
My
goal was to have the chairs done before December. Mike was going to cover the cushions during
Thanksgiving break. Well, as we know our
Thanksgiving week didn’t exactly go as planned.
So, the chairs sat in the garage, taking up a car’s space. Then, Mike – knowing how much I was excited
to get the chairs done – surprised me and spent Thursday, December 12th
(the day after dad’s funeral) knocking out those chairs. After holding a staple gun for several hours,
his hand was achey and his knees were sore from kneeling down and stretching the
fabric over the cushions. But I,
personally think, his pain (and my paint!) paid off. I love how they turned out!
BEFORE
AFTER
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