upholstery challenge begins

Well it seems the hired man was let go after last night's progress update. He was here before 8:30 to pack up his tools and get paid and be on his way. Looks like my barn progress is back to slow molasses ;(

Cold morning, seems hit -5 last night, brrrr! So excited to see my chair finished, here's a little test drive

Time to finish the frames up.

red frame got dark wax highlights added

 Marissa's got dark wax added too and topped with clear wax, love how adds dimension

 mirror frame got another coat of poly

I took the dogs for a walk to the gate to meet my shadow box customer at noon, good multi tasking!

J always like to walk to and good thing he joined today to be my fur scarf for my brisk walk home

Last night I stayed up way to late going thru old emails and cleaning up accounts but again it feels good to purge and organize. Today I saved all the laundry folding for Ellen @3, another great multi tasking chore. I then thought I best get at the chair project, over and hour later and with a few broken nails, 1000 bent staples and a couple screwdriver stabs; I only had the bottom cover, piping layer and the lower edge. WTH, I think I bit off more then expected here especially when I see the backing is stapled all around the back side. This may not be really pretty with flat material versus the existing heavy textured.

here is "Rose" before top and bottom

 dust cover removed

 piping layer

 all staples (1000 I think) and the bottom is free, now starting the sides where I saw the visual issue

5:30, time for a break, a fellow had posted a chunky coffee and end table he was holding for me and was now home. I grabbed the truck and trailer and off to town I went stopping for biweekly mail pickup first. A few tight turns in a cul de sac and they were loaded then it was off to Rona/Walmart & Peavy mart for product restocking including a search for a new upholstery stapler. Holy cow do you need to price shop this town, I ended up buying an electric one for $14 cheaper at Wally world, sorry but that is a big savings, big box wins. I did treat myself to a Booster Juice and Opa pita for supper too before heading home.

Back at the ranch, I touched base with the stapler with the Prince who gave it a thumbs up and with Mom as to how to hide this backing issue then worked on the blog for you to enjoy with some green tea.

Shaina sent pictures over she took Friday night, here is a loaded elevator ;)