I am pleased to be on the approach to Valentines Day.
Many of my favorite holiday moments involve food.
Its true.
I am a live to eat kinda girl- not an eat to live kinda girl.
I respect the heck out of you fine people that manage to not have a love affair with food. I don't understand you, but I respect you. I'm sure your thighs are smaller than mine and you probably don't ring in each new holiday season with yet another list of items that are destined to serve as complete temptation day in and day out for you and the rest of your family.
For Valentines day I always bake some sort of cutie pie cupcakes and I'm not ashamed to tell ya that I just LOVE a cupcake. Last year I did some that were so simple that it hardly bears a mention except that I just treasured each time I ate one. They were made of simple yellow cake with pink vanilla icing and sprinkles that were all different shades of white, pink and red. They were SUCH a TREAT! Sometimes its the little things in life, ya know?
For Valentines day I always bake some sort of cutie pie cupcakes and I'm not ashamed to tell ya that I just LOVE a cupcake. Last year I did some that were so simple that it hardly bears a mention except that I just treasured each time I ate one. They were made of simple yellow cake with pink vanilla icing and sprinkles that were all different shades of white, pink and red. They were SUCH a TREAT! Sometimes its the little things in life, ya know?
Okay, lets get down to business. For today's post I'm going to show you a project that is one of the ones on my list of to-dos (and has been for about 8 years. Maybe even longer than that).
TA DA!
Its a lovely little thing right?
I know, she's a mess.
This chair was generously handed down in my husbands family from his Grandmother to his Sister and then to us. Its a deep chair and I've been convinced for (ever) a while that it has potential. But lets be honest... ITS TIRED. Its tired on every level. The cushions. The fabric. Those sweet little legs are even looking a little worn out!
Aren't these details great! I love the carved wood on this piece.
Oh, poor girl isn't looking very good at all!
So! Whats a cheap gal like me to do? Try to recover it of course.
I think I may need my head checked.
I'm not convinced this is the most practical "first" in this genre due to a number of factors (one of which is the tufting and another one of which is the piping on the cushion), but look on the bright side - my possible disaster can be your entertainment. Come along on this little ride with me. It may be just tremendous. I'll show you every step of the process from tearing it down to putting it back (even if one of those steps includes a ride in the back of my car to the upholstery shop!) Wish me luck.
Enjoy your day!
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