Dining Room Chairs

My DH finished six dining room chairs for us.  They are wonderful.  He used some poplar (aspen) wood that had been harvested by my sis-in-law's father in the 1950s. So well tempered...

The wood has such gorgeous grain that he just put a clear finish on them.

Some of the knots he left with a rustic look.  Oh, yes and I made the cushion covers from some fabric I had in my stash.

My Tidier Sewing Room (Pt 2 of My Messy Sewing Room)

Okay, here is where we started.  I moved the mess outside the door of my sewing room.  Then I sorted for a few days...

That was hard work especially for my brain and heart.  I did reacquaint myself with many older fabrics that I still love though, so it was not time wasted.

So Tada!

Yeah, just showing off my DH's work building my cabinets over the left over maple flooring...

You know it can't stay that tidy.  Why, if I have so much extra space why am I downsizing my stash in the first place (insert smiley face with a wink)?

Now this is real.  I really have plastic containers of thread, and a pressing board that needs a place to stand when I am not using it. Oh, and that wonderful bolt of handkerchief muslin I got from my sister.  This is real.

But to my eyes everything looks fresh and ready for action.  Yeah, me.

The Kitchen Chairs

My husband is a whiz in the wood shop and he has been working on more chairs

He received the birch for these chairs from my father who had harvested the birch trees from near the edge of Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba in the late 1940s. Well cured when he got the wood in the late 1980s and now getting new life in my kitchen.

Amazing, huh?  My DH just goes at it. We had some cushions cut at Future Foam. Then, my dear friend Marilyn gifted me with some of her fabric stash and the most perfect leafy seat cushions were born.

Stunning, huh?

My new sit-up-straight Chair

My darling husband built me a new chair - yes, chair.  It is specially designed for me.  He measured me seated and made the back the correct angle I need.

I love it. Isn't he brilliant?