Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Metaphorically speaking
I am right in the middle of re-upholstering a couch and I have learned a few lessons I would like to share. I have decided that re-upholstery is like motherhood, it sounds like a great idea, you know you will be so glad you did it in the end...but the first fifteen minutes you realize just how much work you have created for yourself. I should have known this when Mark was hauling said couch into our bedroom and turned and looked me straight in the eye and said "I want no part of this". (what? the couch or the kids?) I shrugged it off and decided he was exaggerating...it wouldn't be that bad! Well, he was right, it is that bad. But, ever the supportive husband, when I told him I wanted to throw in the towel and take my $10 couch to the dump he said "oh no you don't, you are going to learn a lesson here, you are finishing that couch!" Apparently, he is getting a little tired of running to goodwill for me to pick up a desk, a chair, a couch, a...... you get the idea. So I am going to get through this the way I get through everything.....with a bag of liccorice!
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Hahaha! You can do it, Marce! And I want pictures when it's done....
ReplyDeleteHaHa! I want to see pictures of the progress!
ReplyDeleteYeah.....Dave took an axe to my last I-only-paid-five-dollars-for-this-piece-of-furniture-that-I-will-now-magically-give-a-total-facelift-to project. It was a disaster. Months and months of effort on my part, while Dave just smiled. When I finally conceded that there was NO way to make it work, he lovingly dragged it outside, chopped it into dumpster-sized pieces, and disposed of it.
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain, Marci. But I have to say, I LOVE that zest!! Keep tackling the couches!! Keep going to Nicewill!! Your projects are awesome and so are you!! And also, eat some licorice for me. :)