$25

A few weeks ago my husband went past a really cool yard sale.  When he got home he told me I should go check it out.  I did and this is what I ended up with.

It was a steal at only $25 dollars, or so I thought at the time.  I had no idea how much work it was going to be to reupholster it.  I thought it was a simple unscrew, cover seat, and staple into place.  After careful selection of fabric, courtesy of our daughter away at school, she spent an afternoon shopping with me on a visit to her.  She also selected some lovely fabric that her mama was sent home with to make her a new duvet cover.  She likes to keep me busy since we are soon to be empty nesters.  So I began on the chair

My husband came home one day to find me on the kitchen floor, in a pile of dust on an extremely hot day, surrounded by tools.  He asked me how it was going and when I answered him, he just picked it all up and took it into the spare room.  It would have to wait for another day.

And eventually I went back to it, with a plan, and some patience, and the end result was lovely.  My seat fabric is a little off center, but by the time I realized this, there was no going back.  I think the neighbor kids learned a few bad words that morning as I sat on my back deck with the tools and the chair.

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I will say though the next time I see a chair that needs a little repair I will definitely look it over a little bit more, before I get so excited I hand over my cash and stuff it in my trunk