REWEBBING A MID CENTURY CHAIR AND SOFA - DIY

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Last night Braxton and I got down and dirty to reweave the new/old chairs and sofa in our living room.  All in all the project took a couple of hours and a couple glasses of wine.  Good times. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxrUOPX6ESTsP5vm4jcCLdMW9TYeLWXeby2K_ap_UIshMNxiZhbVTecrHxaxnFdLzDpgLNVq40UAhhyOKLWcqzj2AGyIFR3mcXs-EAG9bsE6_EanRgOdFlUHN3q3SeG_vc9d7ydhG1stO/s1600/reweaving+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxrUOPX6ESTsP5vm4jcCLdMW9TYeLWXeby2K_ap_UIshMNxiZhbVTecrHxaxnFdLzDpgLNVq40UAhhyOKLWcqzj2AGyIFR3mcXs-EAG9bsE6_EanRgOdFlUHN3q3SeG_vc9d7ydhG1stO/s400/reweaving+002.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the roll of webbing material and a package of  v-clips.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJq7hKUvi5xL4WMRM9-qCRf6JocVwLgXt1HMQNdEaGrfyxi2IXCT9r269DGJ2X5G2DhLilLM_aPwVYbsBHkd4RDh3iZCk6PefnxjShYiBqoVrTgOUzZjUx6_wje0RpnGpkeNMUaTTvTsG/s1600/reweaving+066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJq7hKUvi5xL4WMRM9-qCRf6JocVwLgXt1HMQNdEaGrfyxi2IXCT9r269DGJ2X5G2DhLilLM_aPwVYbsBHkd4RDh3iZCk6PefnxjShYiBqoVrTgOUzZjUx6_wje0RpnGpkeNMUaTTvTsG/s400/reweaving+066.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tools we will need.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiclS0gWxKIGjtAwUSdB6SZQhKbBCi_et6o8WEz79vZXMNUDmLkUAwTNIcIZDv2mIx6IrfoDw1RxAcDD5ZBDZrZAkNVZLijBpiRiHX7vZhZljVfIwtBu2M-yzIUlF_zhpzqnDzjdxzPniBO/s1600/reweaving+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiclS0gWxKIGjtAwUSdB6SZQhKbBCi_et6o8WEz79vZXMNUDmLkUAwTNIcIZDv2mIx6IrfoDw1RxAcDD5ZBDZrZAkNVZLijBpiRiHX7vZhZljVfIwtBu2M-yzIUlF_zhpzqnDzjdxzPniBO/s400/reweaving+003.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wanted to show you the old webbing before we took it off.  Apparently no one had sat in this chair for a long long time because there is no way this petrified webbing would keep someones bottom from hitting the floor.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8Cf56TLH08HLBJ11wobO9xf_iD5LcNuRiNGRGl9fUZHvwoN2ORPMfjk4jcpTS115g4xVeQWQIcPZe5UQxpEhPcl3g0zrPiM3v3engTECoLQRZEZtRe5SqZN9uQD-gRHj5qOXqmo6lY2K/s1600/reweaving+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8Cf56TLH08HLBJ11wobO9xf_iD5LcNuRiNGRGl9fUZHvwoN2ORPMfjk4jcpTS115g4xVeQWQIcPZe5UQxpEhPcl3g0zrPiM3v3engTECoLQRZEZtRe5SqZN9uQD-gRHj5qOXqmo6lY2K/s400/reweaving+004.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old webbing was so dry and stiff it held its shape after we removed it.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcUANHQzCfOQ7XqfqWGqvj-fTnyno3kAb5tLwRlsDMNWjiHCYoEASORsQH6gz81s_KS42wh2ZW7uWXXHkiwLiNdVD8zWOWraDNQbPD8X4axdydnkhyqC52p6wQ5UySxbezXNhEpeTk9-4S/s1600/reweaving+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcUANHQzCfOQ7XqfqWGqvj-fTnyno3kAb5tLwRlsDMNWjiHCYoEASORsQH6gz81s_KS42wh2ZW7uWXXHkiwLiNdVD8zWOWraDNQbPD8X4axdydnkhyqC52p6wQ5UySxbezXNhEpeTk9-4S/s400/reweaving+009.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This particular chair required a length of webbing with a v-clip attached to each end.  Braxton used pliers to squeeze the the clips closed and then hammered each one gently make certain they were set...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4DWrUYIJugNPKGYach1MwauAE-kIup09uKkVCPOzro4hIqaMDSJXuw552-Ed5H8xLs9L_2-5HlXfzN330LletBdKV_H0UirnBExwNFeZlo7gapZBXNYLgm2iH0j4L_cc2Y0jQ3v0mz4C/s1600/reweaving+013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4DWrUYIJugNPKGYach1MwauAE-kIup09uKkVCPOzro4hIqaMDSJXuw552-Ed5H8xLs9L_2-5HlXfzN330LletBdKV_H0UirnBExwNFeZlo7gapZBXNYLgm2iH0j4L_cc2Y0jQ3v0mz4C/s400/reweaving+013.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and each clip was then inserted into the appropriate <em>cut-out </em>(can't think of a better word) on the chair.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7vE_Fe0BIbJlIdnN7RSCETCRRZlyTigjTAzZ9zek_c80VwPjH4j0F4Q-ndhb7An3ZF2HYABDnkORMpGHJyl6XMVzL-6RgloYDmvpRXY_JIJv8dYkfjVlAkR7Zdng7zBZxFM0SioUm1Bm3/s1600/reweaving+017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7vE_Fe0BIbJlIdnN7RSCETCRRZlyTigjTAzZ9zek_c80VwPjH4j0F4Q-ndhb7An3ZF2HYABDnkORMpGHJyl6XMVzL-6RgloYDmvpRXY_JIJv8dYkfjVlAkR7Zdng7zBZxFM0SioUm1Bm3/s400/reweaving+017.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hopefully this picture answers the million questions you must have about now.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdEfZ4Cmyij9auhQBcrjKUzV07IeB9EGoM-cGODLSBNUM7KGaoJkVNL8-clt9_C2r-46wc3DLmmrRnPTJz3opLbe8eUApvwv7X0ok3FWdXd4bbf0rjk7LgsEdDMa_agCAg1vd-NzLrtZzE/s1600/reweaving+019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdEfZ4Cmyij9auhQBcrjKUzV07IeB9EGoM-cGODLSBNUM7KGaoJkVNL8-clt9_C2r-46wc3DLmmrRnPTJz3opLbe8eUApvwv7X0ok3FWdXd4bbf0rjk7LgsEdDMa_agCAg1vd-NzLrtZzE/s400/reweaving+019.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The second chair was much trickier.  The ends of the old webbing were wrapped around a dowel eliminating the need for a v-clip.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_iiVsvle4dFS3fWu9mRgnmWFRd7MOUs3NNS-4vsvQck9EFsrcXYwBslSjcJHt-YoZu0QPoh2Vi4cERI8xGsvPDP0Hd1M03-xZmmx_xJBt9Gxsm3NsNb5Mj4xETfxe3hLsVQAIxKFX-fbf/s1600/reweaving+023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_iiVsvle4dFS3fWu9mRgnmWFRd7MOUs3NNS-4vsvQck9EFsrcXYwBslSjcJHt-YoZu0QPoh2Vi4cERI8xGsvPDP0Hd1M03-xZmmx_xJBt9Gxsm3NsNb5Mj4xETfxe3hLsVQAIxKFX-fbf/s400/reweaving+023.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Braxton removing the dowel once he chipped away at the old webbing.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZ6tanvQyGkZg3fwqKXWrODfhyphenhyphenlldFHsUIjDrg3veDyORv7tYjqCJuMS5jnGoJ2On2bIZEq5ZNPJZLwIC38uYJ6k96k-7FG_TzYWgbkUluEo_mOBI7greww7WHyvhA_0PxE3fGfVAZNRr/s1600/reweaving+032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZ6tanvQyGkZg3fwqKXWrODfhyphenhyphenlldFHsUIjDrg3veDyORv7tYjqCJuMS5jnGoJ2On2bIZEq5ZNPJZLwIC38uYJ6k96k-7FG_TzYWgbkUluEo_mOBI7greww7WHyvhA_0PxE3fGfVAZNRr/s400/reweaving+032.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seriously - that webbing was a bugger to remove!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTqy84PmfvNHsYtll7TTbDB_OIABTjbnQabdw1psAwksCvx2uNw6IZLEBkAJnNKJ3_Vy4ctgSWVbfmAA1Qrumc9a6Z52ij1AG5TIXtDkCu4V1qFIPeojMHDQfccLkzhpn79i6CX-X3hr0/s1600/reweaving+035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTqy84PmfvNHsYtll7TTbDB_OIABTjbnQabdw1psAwksCvx2uNw6IZLEBkAJnNKJ3_Vy4ctgSWVbfmAA1Qrumc9a6Z52ij1AG5TIXtDkCu4V1qFIPeojMHDQfccLkzhpn79i6CX-X3hr0/s400/reweaving+035.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new (young and supple) webbing was threaded through the opening in the chair...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSl9fwQvb79MY4PrSUrlrMQcjQE0HNx5mJOVMPILX4tMuKhab7MdvO_3Xv-3zDUfU0214NUdtxeatXArl0O6Q2jqBCO0bS1cBAwRMWgvBcOWfnNYDCI_OPm9g_GgSDWKfYcmjlTvE0QY4/s1600/reweaving+036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSl9fwQvb79MY4PrSUrlrMQcjQE0HNx5mJOVMPILX4tMuKhab7MdvO_3Xv-3zDUfU0214NUdtxeatXArl0O6Q2jqBCO0bS1cBAwRMWgvBcOWfnNYDCI_OPm9g_GgSDWKfYcmjlTvE0QY4/s400/reweaving+036.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...wrapped around the dowel...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHWel6kL2Rj46O4_C7kjQ4oqHaMYl6VlGuqLSYCu7vPbg9vV-ljKDmvBHit0eTC4qOE2cTyfa89h3MXk3Eozneey3nqCv0b6vQ4PUvrA5-Y8FfbpuafSeY003d691PEFJwk7bJICQNnjKb/s1600/reweaving+037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHWel6kL2Rj46O4_C7kjQ4oqHaMYl6VlGuqLSYCu7vPbg9vV-ljKDmvBHit0eTC4qOE2cTyfa89h3MXk3Eozneey3nqCv0b6vQ4PUvrA5-Y8FfbpuafSeY003d691PEFJwk7bJICQNnjKb/s400/reweaving+037.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...the dowel was placed back in the groove....</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGULjM3WeVthp8WBQ1IMIP6wVqcnnfZi50-Tu9FJS1ExxKVIwNaVJsRGQcngWXHWQgvmXuwzsmAbukrGtm42mHTtMFoJSg6VpGuaWfvylWjAU-2Rt-1TZFMdy0lPzIBw1fTw7qd5eA_X3/s1600/reweaving+038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGULjM3WeVthp8WBQ1IMIP6wVqcnnfZi50-Tu9FJS1ExxKVIwNaVJsRGQcngWXHWQgvmXuwzsmAbukrGtm42mHTtMFoJSg6VpGuaWfvylWjAU-2Rt-1TZFMdy0lPzIBw1fTw7qd5eA_X3/s400/reweaving+038.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and the end of the webbing was stapled to the chair.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLFSLuYvETN32RDeAMqjKiy96OC_YQ6VkcbknAK5K8yGkD91ISW-TJylbLwrAP2eDCBTqJbnaeH5qYeaHSF57K4kn9BMLz1BZAZ8dESF0YhTqFDnTFehAlbloWEUaVVbWx3Xc1FiXI657/s1600/reweaving+050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLFSLuYvETN32RDeAMqjKiy96OC_YQ6VkcbknAK5K8yGkD91ISW-TJylbLwrAP2eDCBTqJbnaeH5qYeaHSF57K4kn9BMLz1BZAZ8dESF0YhTqFDnTFehAlbloWEUaVVbWx3Xc1FiXI657/s400/reweaving+050.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moving on to the sofa.  This is after Braxton removed the gazillion staples.  The sofa required a completely different approach - again!  WTF.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiOCD-A0B4p9cx0wI08JM0B64F4H47TZv__PopHpGEfhL-eKXK3NDtb-5pQ1G5SaK31gZjmzHud1gf4MbGd7YpDtTHDdkfMlvS8018wAZ9G_1Wd8JWZr6hr6RFKHdwrw_x7dSJvB6UkQmf/s1600/reweaving+055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiOCD-A0B4p9cx0wI08JM0B64F4H47TZv__PopHpGEfhL-eKXK3NDtb-5pQ1G5SaK31gZjmzHud1gf4MbGd7YpDtTHDdkfMlvS8018wAZ9G_1Wd8JWZr6hr6RFKHdwrw_x7dSJvB6UkQmf/s400/reweaving+055.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was actually the easiest of the three.  The webbing was pushed through the groove...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYohIVolmF3D6ewOwmHtAjouG8faYspTg6dcgIK5B5ITNDYkYlOXIGyazA0xQdbRxyYNsJyvUZVpR4lKpytYmXlF8y40u975LTGqyZWHiRSLWWEIsCjwS4aDxAQYn4JjsIrSfsNlDBZV15/s1600/reweaving+056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYohIVolmF3D6ewOwmHtAjouG8faYspTg6dcgIK5B5ITNDYkYlOXIGyazA0xQdbRxyYNsJyvUZVpR4lKpytYmXlF8y40u975LTGqyZWHiRSLWWEIsCjwS4aDxAQYn4JjsIrSfsNlDBZV15/s400/reweaving+056.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...wound around the wood and stapled.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCl769MGLdNcTzOvKXtZLk1POO32AyMr1AI94oeh1IxDpSU6dgS-tdnt9WNiHM_x8EiBYu0vgiEf2RvTLdjzCiojEpVxfr4-5geSriARoCGmrL6Lm6U4SDStmz5aU0WQA1skOnOVhS3aq/s1600/reweaving+059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCl769MGLdNcTzOvKXtZLk1POO32AyMr1AI94oeh1IxDpSU6dgS-tdnt9WNiHM_x8EiBYu0vgiEf2RvTLdjzCiojEpVxfr4-5geSriARoCGmrL6Lm6U4SDStmz5aU0WQA1skOnOVhS3aq/s400/reweaving+059.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back of the sofa - we're half way done - and by <em>we're </em>I mean my wonderfully handy husband.  I stood by giving moral support - taking pictures - and refilling the wine glasses.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXlZVfB-J5myv83RW5l2yasGgb5KjP7oMHCbdaSeOgpLKnYPnrnXYrLABvyTyrzeHG6I7H26ELO7udPiLif0gR7evFnNSXd8MxG3zH8USNOhi_HYP2HneWEeElKQBT53oXuNzaKcEzFOff/s1600/reweaving+065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXlZVfB-J5myv83RW5l2yasGgb5KjP7oMHCbdaSeOgpLKnYPnrnXYrLABvyTyrzeHG6I7H26ELO7udPiLif0gR7evFnNSXd8MxG3zH8USNOhi_HYP2HneWEeElKQBT53oXuNzaKcEzFOff/s400/reweaving+065.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what our living room looked like around 10:30 last night.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1cK_MVNQvmc0Gq6XXR0aQDgb27vIbAJfBTQjKw0INzzRs5J_U-FG9jFx4_w_GbRweHz955dNNSTvoTGU-zAtjVJEYOdPTYCfi9HS2BFu1VnSTPcqMNL17KFjrxWTakRNM3FbwU8PWNlVp/s1600/coffee+table+012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1cK_MVNQvmc0Gq6XXR0aQDgb27vIbAJfBTQjKw0INzzRs5J_U-FG9jFx4_w_GbRweHz955dNNSTvoTGU-zAtjVJEYOdPTYCfi9HS2BFu1VnSTPcqMNL17KFjrxWTakRNM3FbwU8PWNlVp/s400/coffee+table+012.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what it looks like this morning.  I know.  Better right?</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> One reason Braxton and I have been sooo excited about our new furniture is because we haven't actually sat in our living room for about two years.  Yea, really.  The old sofa and chair were terribly uncomfortable and frankly they stank because of an unfortunate accident with our cat a while back.  Also, the sofa had a down filled cushion which meant every time someone sat on it it got completely flat and had to be fluffed back up. Waaaa.<br />Now we've recaptured a large portion of our small house and no longer have to retreat to our bedroom or front porch in order to sit down.  So this is how real people live! <br /><br />FYI:  I ordered the webbing and v-clips from <a href="http://www.vandykes.com/">http://www.vandykes.com/</a> .  The webbing is called <em>elasbelt webbing 2</em> and 36 feet cost 21.24.  A package of 10 v-clips cost 1.69 - and shipping was 8.95 making a grand total of $31.88.  Big smile.<br /><br />If you have questions you can always contact me at <a href="mailto:acornelves@aol.com">acornelves@aol.com</a> .<br />Have a <span style="color: magenta;">beautiful </span><span style="color: black;">day.</span><br /><span style="color: magenta;">Yancey</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div>

REWEBBING A MID CENTURY CHAIR AND SOFA - DIY

Last night Braxton and I got down and dirty to reweave the new/old chairs and sofa in our living room.  All in all the project took a couple...

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PIET MONDRIAN - FEARLESS DEFENDER OF THE VERTICAL LINE

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For anyone out there who has never taken an art history class, may I introduce Dutch painter  <span style="color: red;">PIETER CORNELIS "PIET" MONDRIAN. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">  <span style="color: blue;">Mondrian </span><span style="color: black;">was  part of the De Stijl movement in collaboration with Gerrit Rietveld during the early 1900's.  While our friend Piet was happily perfecting his signature color block style of painting, others in the movement were hatching dastardly plans, and by "others" I mean the founder of the movement <span style="color: magenta;">Theo van Doesburg.  </span>  </span><span style="color: red;">  </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWDTYGJSugQ1Aucy-al8VGtqquP7w1mb-tqSTtsNdMjEOiyFdrJCYi5XmNw1LO5hrbKfZ-GVNh0eiJgX9LcfvnpT-U56YidyBW_eU2g2fLGnmw5hSbs88Oz_67vykUIjJbhiUWyjYRUnI/s1600/BALLROOM+005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWDTYGJSugQ1Aucy-al8VGtqquP7w1mb-tqSTtsNdMjEOiyFdrJCYi5XmNw1LO5hrbKfZ-GVNh0eiJgX9LcfvnpT-U56YidyBW_eU2g2fLGnmw5hSbs88Oz_67vykUIjJbhiUWyjYRUnI/s320/BALLROOM+005.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Those old enough to remember <em>The Partridge Family </em>may be thinking "isn't that the side of the family bus?"  Well, no it isn't.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">  </span></div> In my mind the final conversation between <span style="color: blue;">Piet Mondrian </span><span style="color: black;">and </span><span style="color: magenta;">van Doesburg </span><span style="color: black;">went something like this:</span><br /><span style="color: magenta;">van Doesburg:  </span><span style="color: black;"><em>Piet my good man, it has come to my attention that you are UNFAMILIAR with the diagonal line.</em></span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Mondrian:  </span><span style="color: black;"><em>something something you bastard something something</em></span><br /><span style="color: magenta;">van Doesburg:  </span><span style="color: black;"><em>I propose that the diagonal line.....(cue spooky organ music)...is more important than the horizontal and the vertical!!!!!</em></span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Mondrian:  </span><span style="color: black;">This is when our hero </span><span style="color: blue;">Mondrian </span><span style="color: black;">dramatically flips the perfectly vertical lines of his middle finger in the face of his nemesis and turns on his heels and exits the room in a huff.  The two never speak again.</span><br /><br />Some would call this <em>artistic temperment </em>I call it damn sexy.  I mean you've gotta love a man with that kind of passion, right?<br />In honor of <span style="color: red;">Piet Mondrian </span><span style="color: black;">I give you:</span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4nxNoyGMNwIJIHVeBuZNnIbDBQSTq3PQhaMxaMRpMqIcx-5fo0N43ulIrS24myywHrDIr8HFx9OQjK6L5b08zxvVLJ0dT014opwDVS6xHVDFM9YHBeq3JgwwdtsCfAhj_fwYh66GAYkCM/s1600/biggs+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4nxNoyGMNwIJIHVeBuZNnIbDBQSTq3PQhaMxaMRpMqIcx-5fo0N43ulIrS24myywHrDIr8HFx9OQjK6L5b08zxvVLJ0dT014opwDVS6xHVDFM9YHBeq3JgwwdtsCfAhj_fwYh66GAYkCM/s320/biggs+001.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, right now it's just a yellow panel.  Patience.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Qf4UxX6sGm3jYnOoJTbLjs0yTWDdgbiNUYxG6o86cgzcuhH0qQKpnrAZAXdEBMtZAoWzLTP38cCgIQRaLB5KXFMW7giqg6Y4ZsdTAaGUcivSPdqJB_plCVF5PI6WYiAYCSfOWoHKmOOX/s1600/biggs+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Qf4UxX6sGm3jYnOoJTbLjs0yTWDdgbiNUYxG6o86cgzcuhH0qQKpnrAZAXdEBMtZAoWzLTP38cCgIQRaLB5KXFMW7giqg6Y4ZsdTAaGUcivSPdqJB_plCVF5PI6WYiAYCSfOWoHKmOOX/s320/biggs+003.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A ha.  A little electrical tape placed in vertical and horizontal (absolutely NO diagonal) lines.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhF0pxueLvPZsh_3DOUntC57NH_ob_t1gB-pRuj9z7_C7McJW6PATYHB7xj7s9RLbbzI94h9A85Gt5Si3Vyv6ONiDmj-7ABUz9__5LYWNEXPiLt90tM5AbpqmRe_yoaDZo2mFRdH_A-TD/s1600/BALLROOM+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhF0pxueLvPZsh_3DOUntC57NH_ob_t1gB-pRuj9z7_C7McJW6PATYHB7xj7s9RLbbzI94h9A85Gt5Si3Vyv6ONiDmj-7ABUz9__5LYWNEXPiLt90tM5AbpqmRe_yoaDZo2mFRdH_A-TD/s320/BALLROOM+004.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painted in the colors of AcornHill.  </td></tr></tbody></table>Sorry I didn't get a closer view but it's better from a distance.  Trust me.<br /><br />BTW:  I sold the sofa and chair - yippie!!  So now I have a ballroom.<br />Have a beautiful day.<br /><span style="color: lime;">Yancey</span></div>

PIET MONDRIAN - FEARLESS DEFENDER OF THE VERTICAL LINE

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WHEN MUSTARD ATTACKS

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Remember when I told you guys earlier in the week that I would be painting our bedroom?  Again!  I believe I even gave you a hint as to what the new color would be - "not <span style="color: orange;">white"</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73Wv_F1dW7OGHU1VVf9afZ47FwM-QmFHAPVx3Nx4cQgT-VFyyG4OP5cbXyvXsBzwOvxnsL0-7AodkCgO0Gz1JGqm6wswgM67fucoUxP-LkZFEqU4k0YjfSi20f2ojnkEX_4AVJmFeJU2E/s1600/mustard+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Well, it's time for the big reveal..... <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73Wv_F1dW7OGHU1VVf9afZ47FwM-QmFHAPVx3Nx4cQgT-VFyyG4OP5cbXyvXsBzwOvxnsL0-7AodkCgO0Gz1JGqm6wswgM67fucoUxP-LkZFEqU4k0YjfSi20f2ojnkEX_4AVJmFeJU2E/s400/mustard+001.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yep, I painted it the same color I painted the library.  Valspar calls this color "orange glow" but I really think they should have called it "French's mustard".</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_hjgUXHLDdFU6rKkjZy5h0oDnmQ5UwWC7Foia9fh4HteLUOQ2XXGMFpTX-ImJx5QcXDvWA_OiW6prE09w5pZqXMbJCd5Pgfc1UcD1I8vqCew118bqEdJVvKrmK_JKcmaJOIJZQ-dCRjp/s1600/mustard+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_hjgUXHLDdFU6rKkjZy5h0oDnmQ5UwWC7Foia9fh4HteLUOQ2XXGMFpTX-ImJx5QcXDvWA_OiW6prE09w5pZqXMbJCd5Pgfc1UcD1I8vqCew118bqEdJVvKrmK_JKcmaJOIJZQ-dCRjp/s400/mustard+002.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is one of the new lamps we got at the antique store (we have a matched set) they are from the 60's and for some reason they remind Braxton of a pineapple - huh?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1ITtJ7QgppPfQJ0igL2dG6a0jXyw-_bkSDkCD_UgJricY_M-XohnUcclRMW0Q21sEBJQQfduRZDRuXRL3Db64UbmzMEUHlOKd5QeRL8JIZCrxgww29J03uamnWLKQEeBFJ_aONAykUYX/s1600/mustard+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1ITtJ7QgppPfQJ0igL2dG6a0jXyw-_bkSDkCD_UgJricY_M-XohnUcclRMW0Q21sEBJQQfduRZDRuXRL3Db64UbmzMEUHlOKd5QeRL8JIZCrxgww29J03uamnWLKQEeBFJ_aONAykUYX/s400/mustard+003.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My story boards looks vibrant against the new color.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxQoiVXT9hy_El0PhABMKjoT3SOtgGlFwxuTFRQlEmw62trHURlo3nO70bctO6XI8N9TF4JnRugSA6VaOkEaQL0a9TJUcro3eckz-_XaTTH4_l4QjR54kduIz0Rvnq6ph-GEYGdOmVgZP/s1600/mustard+006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxQoiVXT9hy_El0PhABMKjoT3SOtgGlFwxuTFRQlEmw62trHURlo3nO70bctO6XI8N9TF4JnRugSA6VaOkEaQL0a9TJUcro3eckz-_XaTTH4_l4QjR54kduIz0Rvnq6ph-GEYGdOmVgZP/s400/mustard+006.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of the lamp.  Don't you just love the fiberglass shades from the mid century?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJSB_OnuGpKIJ1nwXx_FMQcJze1bGv1cCs-0mCpVWtZ5foNz8Y0QUaoza8NMwD8iJfEEa1xhle2GHlx-gRuUjE7pMXDcd6dPEpkqsr4DNgGyP_1uwNgcJGjcFYg39aKh2nRs99nQ8QyuJ/s1600/mustard+011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJSB_OnuGpKIJ1nwXx_FMQcJze1bGv1cCs-0mCpVWtZ5foNz8Y0QUaoza8NMwD8iJfEEa1xhle2GHlx-gRuUjE7pMXDcd6dPEpkqsr4DNgGyP_1uwNgcJGjcFYg39aKh2nRs99nQ8QyuJ/s400/mustard+011.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is after I switched the curtains with the ones in the guest room.  I won't be leaving these in here, but don't you think the black and white is pretty cool with the mustard yellow?  Too much?  Care to vote?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEw7j0DyQ9t9D1-PRdPbCGZjoOcryaKC3uYEHUM6Y-GnX-uNpnN5HvHIF-EObzeUxbaGaaHkHzT5CCUgi_eNtoIt4C2-JHGNRviPeyRfFXL3EL14Bu1By6jRPc2nIBivV2PA4MPi-rK7m-/s1600/mustard+013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEw7j0DyQ9t9D1-PRdPbCGZjoOcryaKC3uYEHUM6Y-GnX-uNpnN5HvHIF-EObzeUxbaGaaHkHzT5CCUgi_eNtoIt4C2-JHGNRviPeyRfFXL3EL14Bu1By6jRPc2nIBivV2PA4MPi-rK7m-/s400/mustard+013.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For those of you who are REALLY paying attention; I switched the "pineapple" lamps with the ones in the guest room.  I can't decided which room should get the great lamps and which should get the crappy ones we got when we were first married.  I think another trip to the antique store is in order.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTG_oKphdGLXAyDCdySrEYaVX4LlGVDKkJM1o7ZAcDa4qhMqLl0Vh3VsWgSTryFD8yQppyfK4qfE4EP0i1fYLXr0sc06nOZzBrFic0LfzQc5Jq7X-lXnvUyjUeCMjJMC4qSZfJACnnrFD4/s1600/mustard+017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTG_oKphdGLXAyDCdySrEYaVX4LlGVDKkJM1o7ZAcDa4qhMqLl0Vh3VsWgSTryFD8yQppyfK4qfE4EP0i1fYLXr0sc06nOZzBrFic0LfzQc5Jq7X-lXnvUyjUeCMjJMC4qSZfJACnnrFD4/s400/mustard+017.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, this entire wall is mirrored.  When we first bought the house we were appologizing all over the place for our <em>kinky walls</em> (the previous owners installed them) now we don't even notice them.  It's a pretty small room and I'm sure we would miss them if they were gone.<br />Please disregard the tiny woman in the blue sweater.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXeRUggXyiVTVRbDC591Bb65CLgIAUTwX-u-rDqBbkWlTf_xqMTAB8cEoL9u58eN_XwDeL1jfQ1Zfoj_KbnYaVjLTA1PwIwfwNOxTlTMOC5Z0e6TGKQRDCbY0wRqZO9gLksJCvkolsbEq/s1600/mustard+016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXeRUggXyiVTVRbDC591Bb65CLgIAUTwX-u-rDqBbkWlTf_xqMTAB8cEoL9u58eN_XwDeL1jfQ1Zfoj_KbnYaVjLTA1PwIwfwNOxTlTMOC5Z0e6TGKQRDCbY0wRqZO9gLksJCvkolsbEq/s400/mustard+016.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Braxtons bright orange dresser looks great against the yellow.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Apparantly I owe everyone a huge appology for those disgusting pictures of the <span style="color: magenta;">Crab and Corn Casserole</span><span style="color: black;"> I posted about earlier in the week.  Next time I make something that looks that dreadful I promise to keep it to myself.</span><br /><br />Am I the only one who's craving a soft hot pretzel with mustard?<br /><br />Have a <span style="color: lime;">BEAUTIFUL </span><span style="color: purple;">WEEKEND </span><span style="color: black;">everyone!!</span><br /><span style="color: magenta;">Yancey</span></div>

WHEN MUSTARD ATTACKS

Remember when I told you guys earlier in the week that I would be painting our bedroom?  Again!  I believe I even gave you a hint as to what...

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THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM AND OTHER BITS AND PIECES

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>In the few months that we've been blogging, Braxton and I have shown you most of our furniture.  Most.  Meet our sofa......The elephant in the room.</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>We've had this sofa for about 20 years and the only creature in the house who ever sits on it is Bunny the cat and she has recently gotten too old and fat to make the leap.  Sooo....... it just sits there, taking up space, gathering dust, sucking light.</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>It's not that we don't like Ms. elephant, it's just that she no longer suites our style.  She is the wrong color, in no way modern (obviously), and terribly uncomfortable.  Yet, she is a "fine antique reproduction", so says, well, those who say things like that.</strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iPkazKBM8FfbU3dfW-8gZvyTWP2Kln6sAJnrcs9jpiKDobxnXMvnK-mdpi7ehBtuNIRGfw85040kmjkiPUesfHuueEuhwa-TxaqpdVeS9kezWRL3XF9aSJW0wmgfc-yeXF02zbc-A8vK/s1600/sofa+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iPkazKBM8FfbU3dfW-8gZvyTWP2Kln6sAJnrcs9jpiKDobxnXMvnK-mdpi7ehBtuNIRGfw85040kmjkiPUesfHuueEuhwa-TxaqpdVeS9kezWRL3XF9aSJW0wmgfc-yeXF02zbc-A8vK/s400/sofa+001.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Dfql637nLsdxTx49K-bcrH4bSX_5c7uUGgw9Fu5a96R2dETpUJJ5EiwOuWym-LNU8AoiXfjUKu_oHIqwkXvB31wmucuctK8luG83juWaRVtfGD2S-tu0xDQ9HkEnGUOEefmNTy64kCNC/s1600/sofa+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Dfql637nLsdxTx49K-bcrH4bSX_5c7uUGgw9Fu5a96R2dETpUJJ5EiwOuWym-LNU8AoiXfjUKu_oHIqwkXvB31wmucuctK8luG83juWaRVtfGD2S-tu0xDQ9HkEnGUOEefmNTy64kCNC/s400/sofa+002.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quite unfortunately, the logical place for the sofa is next to our orange(!) bar.  BTW: we live about 45 minutes from Virginia Tech, who's team colors happen to be burgundy and orange.  This is not good, at all.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyEEeuueMFND7D1RmJMyabbdwgUoIbr9ReVEVnPzC5dxPXKJqOJx3_Dsl9vo0bOiK9Kny3cBMxBJWDAKTpNpkTHeE3JjikngCIjcDr3jSTyVt0-UYyX6BDSZvt1xWtwYzBGeE4Rmpbn2f/s1600/sofa+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyEEeuueMFND7D1RmJMyabbdwgUoIbr9ReVEVnPzC5dxPXKJqOJx3_Dsl9vo0bOiK9Kny3cBMxBJWDAKTpNpkTHeE3JjikngCIjcDr3jSTyVt0-UYyX6BDSZvt1xWtwYzBGeE4Rmpbn2f/s400/sofa+004.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sometimes I attempt to dress us Ms. Pachyderm with some festive pillows.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezfkxKS0N-RE9jLVGGcYbqr0zb62X2cVDeyPHAd6lyl25HKV1Geq3AZaSU_2SGde5XwJaIONNjRNBc5Qlu4UQ4EVZQPWdMfAFTyd-wLwXYWFyuIeaO3Heh4Hu-5NURYzxlFdumZsPh9sc/s1600/sofa+005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezfkxKS0N-RE9jLVGGcYbqr0zb62X2cVDeyPHAd6lyl25HKV1Geq3AZaSU_2SGde5XwJaIONNjRNBc5Qlu4UQ4EVZQPWdMfAFTyd-wLwXYWFyuIeaO3Heh4Hu-5NURYzxlFdumZsPh9sc/s400/sofa+005.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lime green anyone?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrl8QzReH19EcOPrJvKTQ9c38Yx3O5Ow4CQuKxNjlW8k4ocoyV3FZWyf5nsjbFsHxeXXTTLbqff2F2E7nF5RZkoy1oHyIlXjIKXDmaCFEA-Eav1-ZbkQZunpqSSk0_cTA_gxIcvT7prl27/s1600/sofa+006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrl8QzReH19EcOPrJvKTQ9c38Yx3O5Ow4CQuKxNjlW8k4ocoyV3FZWyf5nsjbFsHxeXXTTLbqff2F2E7nF5RZkoy1oHyIlXjIKXDmaCFEA-Eav1-ZbkQZunpqSSk0_cTA_gxIcvT7prl27/s400/sofa+006.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When in doubt, add more color.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBuioCS0cNIChyphenhyphen4zP71C9HkE25jXDAAdLPFVBUCnN32rBi_9QfNorKM8CXHwq73K8EGl6lgRWfy3ZNovq3W4ha31Lcc3EYpMa4PWet6uAib68AHc3PIM86yJQQsb8QRKd7ZG3ysQPdqeO/s1600/sofa+007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBuioCS0cNIChyphenhyphen4zP71C9HkE25jXDAAdLPFVBUCnN32rBi_9QfNorKM8CXHwq73K8EGl6lgRWfy3ZNovq3W4ha31Lcc3EYpMa4PWet6uAib68AHc3PIM86yJQQsb8QRKd7ZG3ysQPdqeO/s400/sofa+007.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When she's feeling sophisticated she likes to wear her mink(ish) pillows...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQtHaCrFVbMgZ-h1delGiHZHotfB4MqG83kFvMDStAoiyG8J3g7Es3A2mUFlqoHaSgV-x0m6uXnHdtQSPcc90UluKr79QdJo4LN_SzpwPJnR6UnAHxGBiIJEaCxRi9EfmCAGQw7nHWk_lu/s1600/sofa+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQtHaCrFVbMgZ-h1delGiHZHotfB4MqG83kFvMDStAoiyG8J3g7Es3A2mUFlqoHaSgV-x0m6uXnHdtQSPcc90UluKr79QdJo4LN_SzpwPJnR6UnAHxGBiIJEaCxRi9EfmCAGQw7nHWk_lu/s400/sofa+008.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and play hide and seek behind the pink table.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUIVYZT1EgamnEOqvU5kz4EPBMy70Usq_ArUEcwDtOpBvylzkkjauWGnn0n13r1t4Kj5dWjRNOwDCFjPEn1ULneyRcntuRWws_5FjfPqmMwDmjUabHW_n8uJnF-UfHC_in2-hegTkTZr8X/s1600/sofa+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUIVYZT1EgamnEOqvU5kz4EPBMy70Usq_ArUEcwDtOpBvylzkkjauWGnn0n13r1t4Kj5dWjRNOwDCFjPEn1ULneyRcntuRWws_5FjfPqmMwDmjUabHW_n8uJnF-UfHC_in2-hegTkTZr8X/s400/sofa+009.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This tag under the cushion will mean something to our fellow Virginians, or Richmonders anyway.<br /><br /><strong>Of course The Elephant in the Room didn't come to us alone, no she has friends, baby elephants if you will.</strong><br /><br /><strong>Meet the incredibly ornate mirror.</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMa6VWT0MWZ1gf-_sKOrmtnCBpLJms5fHrkxsd52ze4bjdcQm7kYGbeDNayKF_UwLDOisauBgk7y7qpHQQ3Cru91Qs8JIfvYwRQUpBWm1NaUMsjuBR19xA0eKg9z-dBrs6iclS5gFmjH_q/s1600/sofa+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMa6VWT0MWZ1gf-_sKOrmtnCBpLJms5fHrkxsd52ze4bjdcQm7kYGbeDNayKF_UwLDOisauBgk7y7qpHQQ3Cru91Qs8JIfvYwRQUpBWm1NaUMsjuBR19xA0eKg9z-dBrs6iclS5gFmjH_q/s400/sofa+003.JPG" width="300" /></a></div> No antique velvet sofa is complete without a matching wing chair.  Oh-vey.*<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWIXXXtOEjiVEiCvBax4W9hlohHoR75Sk2li9JIE5bn3vGuIgPILcLSTfHuqzTkPTf81Rvq9SXY8hyphenhyphenFma4CBI9DWtIUSYUMDqcER-SkT0UP98tqzxIeBXzY-f3Fve7SkCwF8ea20Ht9pj-/s1600/sofa+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWIXXXtOEjiVEiCvBax4W9hlohHoR75Sk2li9JIE5bn3vGuIgPILcLSTfHuqzTkPTf81Rvq9SXY8hyphenhyphenFma4CBI9DWtIUSYUMDqcER-SkT0UP98tqzxIeBXzY-f3Fve7SkCwF8ea20Ht9pj-/s400/sofa+010.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> Moving on.  Yesterday, Braxton teased you with a picture of some groovy/graphic magnets, and mentioned that we had made some for ourselves.  I thought I would show you.  These are soo easy to make and I promise I'll show you how later.  They make great hostess gifts, cuz who doesn't use magnets?  We made these when we were in our <span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>steam punk </em>phase.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8wpUoWg4vLgikspb0X_BKqBLWqQM11r9gB39Hg4ZJP3cZGkCFXcNYyAnPLy_xp1oBSriIFehgP-P9Pggj-zcgAnKnCI1hMew5pP-ZnZjIWbLIDdzEM_esIHIdEb7_n3I7kswjQL4Z-ND/s1600/sofa+011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8wpUoWg4vLgikspb0X_BKqBLWqQM11r9gB39Hg4ZJP3cZGkCFXcNYyAnPLy_xp1oBSriIFehgP-P9Pggj-zcgAnKnCI1hMew5pP-ZnZjIWbLIDdzEM_esIHIdEb7_n3I7kswjQL4Z-ND/s400/sofa+011.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> I had intended to show you this picture earlier in the week but couldn't find it on my computer.  This shows how one coat of paint didn't even begin to cover the <em>sharpie words of wisdom</em> on our walls.  Remember it took five coats, and there are still a few shadows, but please don't tell Braxton.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfU7AwKGjYua-p5H2Vrd3xi1W0pLdJyyKTdgwFfkHVe0T40hJ-oQPacqypbk8yMtfkJ6zRQK8cO3WBPs08hcL3ea1qKv5_QbtBcjxyyUUEtr_b_oAFZ0Enc1W3r4EAlnQUgWkvty25cZB/s1600/rings+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfU7AwKGjYua-p5H2Vrd3xi1W0pLdJyyKTdgwFfkHVe0T40hJ-oQPacqypbk8yMtfkJ6zRQK8cO3WBPs08hcL3ea1qKv5_QbtBcjxyyUUEtr_b_oAFZ0Enc1W3r4EAlnQUgWkvty25cZB/s400/rings+001.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>* I should mention here that the sofa, mirror and wing chair came to us from Braxton's grandmother's house after she died, and we are grateful.  We would however like to sell these pieces and purchase something a little more our style, so, if you or someone you know are in the market for "fine antique reproductions" please let me know.<br /><br />Have a beautiful weekend everyone!<br /><span style="color: magenta;">Yancey</span></div>

THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM AND OTHER BITS AND PIECES

In the few months that we've been blogging, Braxton and I have shown you most of our furniture.  Most.  Meet our sofa......The elephant ...

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ORANGE GLOW*

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Holy cats it looks like a jar of <span style="color: orange;">French's Mustard </span><span style="color: black;">exploded in my entrance way!**</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As promised, the pics of what I've been up to for the past five days.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEzi87YJzmEU5Wo_7o52JSZVlxvIoFr8K0HROR7u1LLFTc8HXawUmQFCvBSWTmxY8v3E0eqzntkz3KIYsdYVjoy3Me1Y4Jeck9f-606kkpX9UtNVzXQZD8VSgvbcosy7Y94KH0cGxQkSl/s1600/orange+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEzi87YJzmEU5Wo_7o52JSZVlxvIoFr8K0HROR7u1LLFTc8HXawUmQFCvBSWTmxY8v3E0eqzntkz3KIYsdYVjoy3Me1Y4Jeck9f-606kkpX9UtNVzXQZD8VSgvbcosy7Y94KH0cGxQkSl/s400/orange+010.JPG" width="400" /></a>.</td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You may remember this room used to be the same hot pink that you see here in the back hall.  It also had favorite quotes written on the walls with a black sharpie, which took five coates of paint to cover!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CSBgotVvVlgd8rmEWG7WRPrFb02G2tMihcZZaVwy1NsoVmxMmZezW8XgLfRxjHIhm7jNAe_s9vN8dqxR8ciXeegVjRlhaeymL1L2UHDuUl6b9kAlevPUPM0lFEGL0J4iZua18y2vj31Q/s1600/orange+014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CSBgotVvVlgd8rmEWG7WRPrFb02G2tMihcZZaVwy1NsoVmxMmZezW8XgLfRxjHIhm7jNAe_s9vN8dqxR8ciXeegVjRlhaeymL1L2UHDuUl6b9kAlevPUPM0lFEGL0J4iZua18y2vj31Q/s400/orange+014.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is something about this color that makes me want a hot dog.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqF7LMDJnxj46Dhp8oT6aKkdW1ssBUUE-q6minIsRLEuryxpKSIiHvTWQzkmOuhh4UDrH_0saKW849iGaCSxQkaBX61-KRbvHBfqWptYZ6hvC6BGW_-660UDcFJ6I9FmgIvyoacSqHZ_vH/s1600/orange+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqF7LMDJnxj46Dhp8oT6aKkdW1ssBUUE-q6minIsRLEuryxpKSIiHvTWQzkmOuhh4UDrH_0saKW849iGaCSxQkaBX61-KRbvHBfqWptYZ6hvC6BGW_-660UDcFJ6I9FmgIvyoacSqHZ_vH/s400/orange+002.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the way my art  looks against the new color.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0G02AFQbz2xWkM3ZQoMlu43BKfcxdSq1TM7xOhHeFjnpkWdfoCuvZpcGxc4Cg3xc7Na4uZTvNdmLhtyOrVieBlckkrqvMIJqf9uxMwtDBtavwxXgIkOTM51Y6NqmsgOTC6lyQMPIXHEIu/s1600/orange+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0G02AFQbz2xWkM3ZQoMlu43BKfcxdSq1TM7xOhHeFjnpkWdfoCuvZpcGxc4Cg3xc7Na4uZTvNdmLhtyOrVieBlckkrqvMIJqf9uxMwtDBtavwxXgIkOTM51Y6NqmsgOTC6lyQMPIXHEIu/s400/orange+001.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are a few things in life that scare me but apparantly color isn't one of them.</td></tr></tbody></table> Now, on to the bedroom which I have painted white.  I have one word for my feelings about this room.  Yawn, and not in a good way.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2S5rx-uRENRQVpwyfIw3UdfyHOZflq31kM-ev4vlq77eXOkhtlM-DkoxP6SkCfJuAWW0l8e_wrEUMwSXOwpC69WnVfYykdUllcsFGotRzM0zVTUnfwI-Yrc7MebqfpKe28-00S7N0STWA/s1600/orange+006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2S5rx-uRENRQVpwyfIw3UdfyHOZflq31kM-ev4vlq77eXOkhtlM-DkoxP6SkCfJuAWW0l8e_wrEUMwSXOwpC69WnVfYykdUllcsFGotRzM0zVTUnfwI-Yrc7MebqfpKe28-00S7N0STWA/s400/orange+006.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCXOcLGTc_gtUxFNH7Fgo0qeFcIUbGKmcF0XY08yyzvydp9NhpPa9CfTBTDrnkKhKmhPbv15CEeH9MDP9TX2s-dEHh-10i3e4UYCQ6GKIm2Qy-eOOtSQbHiS6OlnRVjWT3khr9nUjHnbd3/s1600/orange+005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCXOcLGTc_gtUxFNH7Fgo0qeFcIUbGKmcF0XY08yyzvydp9NhpPa9CfTBTDrnkKhKmhPbv15CEeH9MDP9TX2s-dEHh-10i3e4UYCQ6GKIm2Qy-eOOtSQbHiS6OlnRVjWT3khr9nUjHnbd3/s400/orange+005.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was hopeful that these panels would really pop against the white walls.  Not so much.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISp5f05FSGv_g8c4_mPp5COFecmLuYuHVPQjj1ggkmBpk-jbHA_qusIOPtwBOrY5TnseNGizhaSrkx7GWUOFAjLShBxNilEhSV74myBJdqWG1rvXeBuap6FxuvsmHNnwWOrCDoyiI3r-t/s1600/orange+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISp5f05FSGv_g8c4_mPp5COFecmLuYuHVPQjj1ggkmBpk-jbHA_qusIOPtwBOrY5TnseNGizhaSrkx7GWUOFAjLShBxNilEhSV74myBJdqWG1rvXeBuap6FxuvsmHNnwWOrCDoyiI3r-t/s400/orange+008.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The darkness of this picture captures my disapointment in this room.</td></tr></tbody></table>All is not lost.  I have a plan that involves yet more painting, but this time you can believe it will result <span style="color: black;">in  </span><span style="color: red;">happy </span><span style="color: black;">colorful walls!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: orange;">*I painted the entrance with ORANGE GLOW by Valspar.  I used a semi gloss paint/primer combination.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: magenta;">**My mom called it the "entrance hall" and I was an adult before I realized how histerically pretentious this sounds, as if one grew up in Versailles, which I obvisouly did not.</span><br /><span style="color: magenta;">My mother in law calls it the "foyer" which sounds like she was raised in a fancy hotel, which she was, so I guess I'll give her that one.</span><br /><span style="color: magenta;">Braxton and I jokingly (sort of) call it the "library" because that is in fact where we keep our ever expanding shit load of books.</span><br /><span style="color: magenta;">What do you call the first room when entering your house?  Would love to know.<strong> </strong></span><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: black;">Have a beautifully colorful day!</span></strong><br /><strong>Yancey</strong></div>

ORANGE GLOW*

Holy cats it looks like a jar of French's Mustard exploded in my entrance way!** As promised, the pics of what I've been up to for t...

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