Working On It!

You might be wondering about some of those old projects that I started, but haven't finished.

I wonder about them every now and again - am I ever going to get around to reupholstering those chairs?  They started out in a blue flowered pattern...

Morphed into a sad foam-covered nothing of a chair...

And then sat on one side of the dining room. For a long, long time. I got them last August at a yard sale. Seriously, we're coming up quickly on a year here. So last weekend, I got myself working. And here's what I have so far:

Still no side and the cushion is still blue flowers. But did you notice the orange piping detail where the arm meets the back?

Pretty fancy! And it was so much easier to put together than it was to take it apart - seriously. I still have pieces that need to be put together, and a whole 'nother chair to start on. But it's a start.

And...remember me drawing on the wall a few weeks ago? Well, it's still in progress. I work on it probably 1-2 nights a week, but that doesn't mean a lot of progress is being made. Here's where it was when I first brought it up:

Not a whole lot to look at. Now, it's a little more than that:

But I'm still on the bottom of the wall. Those outlet covers are also really eye-catching, too - maybe I should paint at least one so they're not so noticeable. Anyhoo, I still have this large amount of space to cover...

Painting these squiggles is very Zen-like, though, so I'm likely to keep up with it. Doug is just tolerating it, hoping that I won't like it when I'm done, so we can go back to a boring solid color. Doubt it!

Hope your projects are showing a little more progress than mine...but a little bit is better than nothing. At least, that's what I keep telling myself.