Heart and Soul....................

Good morning everyone!

Finished at April's yesterday - so now I can show you the little " something - something " I did for her on her chairs......................

If you remember April collects hearts - lots and lots of hearts ( if you haven't seen her amazing collection - you can see them HERE )

So once I tore apart the old seats..................

There was enough hay in these chairs to keep a barn full of cows fed for a week I'm sure

John says - Uggghhh - that's our dining room table - do you have to do that there?

Suzan says - WELL I could use my imaginary workshop I suppose - or our bed - but that would be the only other alternative.............

Suzan says - We need to move - because that imaginary workshop has to become a reality at some point

Anyway - as I continued working an idea was born..................

I cut out 4 hearts from scraps left over

and stapled a heart to the bottom of each seat.....................

John says - I think that looks a little tacky

Suzan says- It has meaning for April John - I didn't do it on a whim

( well actually I did it do it on a whim - but it still has meaning ) 

And April loved them!

Ok - I don't have a clear picture of her parson chairs - but you can sort of make them out here

She decided to channel a little Sarah Richardson into the design - and decided to have them reupholstered in 2 fabrics ( I did not do these -  a little completely out of my league ) 

The seating part was covered in this gorgeous paisley

and the back was done in a very light " taupish " type of color - and MONOGRAMMED!!!!!!!!!!!

that's me screaming because I think it's just brilliant!

 you just know there's some monogramming that's going to be going on in my world from this day forward, right?

she brought the fabric into a lady that does this ( for next to nothing I might add ) and then brought it already monogrammed to the reupholsterer.

and they tie in beautifully with the 4 dining room chairs................

She has TASTE this new friend of mine.....................

So let's see - she started off with a dining room like this - a dining room set she had inherited from a beloved Aunt and couldn't bear to part with

and ended up with this

wood shelves replaced with glass in the China cabinet - and lighting installed by her hubby

and a little " thank you " for her business

This job took way longer than it should have - 

Between waiting for paint to arrive

Fabric taking a week to arrive

Reupholster taking longer than we thought  over a week

( sorry April - you know I have to protect my reputation here -2 of those weeks were completely 

out of my control lol ) 

These particular days I have to take complete responsiblity for

A mini crisis at my end

A doctors appointment at my end 

Me having to spend a day with with one of our mills................

Me drinking on the job ( HERE ) - but that was part April's fault too

IT'S FINALLY DONE 

And I really did put my heart and soul into this job :)

AND if all of the above hadn't happened - we wouldn't have gotten to know each other like we did

sometimes things happen for a reason...................and that was one of the nicest surprises to come out of this job.

Have a great rest of the weekend everyone!

Stay tuned, I spent most of Friday with Caroline - from Piorra Maison - so you get to come shopping with me - we are considering ( and that really is the only stage it's at - at this point ) doing an online shop from my blog - so you guys would actually get to SHOP instead of just looking at photos of all her beautiful things!  Thoughts?

Now excuse me - I'm going to make a tea and curl up with this beautiful birthday gift from Caroline
Friday was a beautiful day ( in the neighbourhood ) 

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