Before James and I were married, he had mentioned to me that he was inheriting a large oak table from his step dad. He told me that it had six chairs and an extension piece that could allow eight to ten people to dine comfortably. I was excited! Who wouldn't be, I mean those kinds of tables go for a couple thousand dollars. He did, however, forget to mention the condition of the chairs. These chairs have been through 9 children with pets. In the above picture, I am pointing at a clean patch of fabric I cut from the underside of the chair, while wearing the repulsed look of how I really felt about my chairs. I wish I would have got a picture of the worst chair. It had holes in the corners. Way past the point of using Resolve cleaner to fix the problem.
So, with enough whining for the whole year, I was able to motivate the
family in
reupholstering the chairs. My dead line was Thanksgiving. Once we
bought the
expensive fabric, we then began the
gruelling work of pulling apart the chairs. The way the factory put them together was
awful for the person who wanted to
reupholster later on. The
bottoms contained at least 150 staples, and the tops about 300. It took me about an hour an a half to take apart one chair. I then took them all to James moms house, including the top to my ceder chest, cause mom is the expert at this kind of stuff. Poor mom, she
literally worked all day and was able to complete 5 of the 6.
THANK YOU
SOOOO MUCH!!
Yes, even the husband joined in the fun...doesn't he look like he's having fun?
And this is our finished product. I'm so happy! Now I can host and not be so
ashamed of my chairs. What do you guys think?
This cute lil'boy belongs to our good friends Tim and Laura Kyle who we saw last Sabbath in Walla Walla. Peter is only one month older then Alli. He is so full of smiles and giggles that Alli just stares at him all day.
Oh, so precious don't you think? They'll be good back pack'n buddy's someday I just know it.
View out our dinning room window. Our roof is not insulated so it makes these beautiful ice-sickles. We are really making a good list of the things that are necessary when it comes to the house we buy when James is done with school.
Hale Cesar Snowman! James ran into the house to get a carrot for his nose, but came back with celery. He had fun giving his snowman hair over his ears...I thought it made the snowman look like Cesar.
Later on that week James had to dig my car out so I could get to work. All together it was about 9-10 inches of snow. Oh, I truly miss the sunshine.
The only place to set up the Jonny Jumper is on the bathroom door frame. Makes it tricky to jump on both the linoleum and carpet. Alli likes the challenge though.
Mamas clean baby monkey
So this year I have mercy for the trees. I decided to buy a "fake" tree. I know some of you may be appalled, but we got this tree for a great price. It's a blue spruce, ands stands about 8ft. We saw that in the stores they are going for $250. However, we got ours for $40. The branches fold down automatically when you assemble it together. We do miss that fresh pine scent, and it does take up half the dining room. It's awesome!
We have added a cranberry and popcorn string to the tree since this picture...so beautiful
Before James and I were married, he had mentioned to me that he was inheriting a large oak table from his step dad. He told me that it had six chairs and an extension piece that could allow eight to ten people to dine comfortably. I was excited! Who wouldn't be, I mean those kinds of tables go for a couple thousand dollars. He did, however, forget to mention the condition of the chairs. These chairs have been through 9 children with pets. In the above picture, I am pointing at a clean patch of fabric I cut from the underside of the chair, while wearing the repulsed look of how I really felt about my chairs. I wish I would have got a picture of the worst chair. It had holes in the corners. Way past the point of using Resolve cleaner to fix the problem.
So, with enough whining for the whole year, I was able to motivate the family in reupholstering the chairs. My dead line was Thanksgiving. Once we bought the expensive fabric, we then began the gruelling work of pulling apart the chairs. The way the factory put them together was awful for the person who wanted to reupholster later on. The bottoms contained at least 150 staples, and the tops about 300. It took me about an hour an a half to take apart one chair. I then took them all to James moms house, including the top to my ceder chest, cause mom is the expert at this kind of stuff. Poor mom, she literally worked all day and was able to complete 5 of the 6.
Yes, even the husband joined in the fun...doesn't he look like he's having fun?
And this is our finished product. I'm so happy! Now I can host and not be so ashamed of my chairs. What do you guys think?
