Evan worked on a few things for me while he was here
He repaired the pocket door and the pantry door
and the fan
when he was finished, he said, they are good now, grandma
April 26, 2011
April 15, 2011
April 9, 2011
He is 83
This good man, my father-in-law, celebrated his 83rd birthday on April 8. He is one the nicest men I know, besides my husband. And he has beautiful hair.
He still tills his own garden
He is rarely without his sweetheart of 61 years
And on his 83rd year, he even made a trip to Chicago to visit a few of grandchildren and checked out the "bean"at Millennium Park. He is awesome!
Happy Birthday, Grandpaw. We love you!
He still tills his own garden
He is rarely without his sweetheart of 61 years
And on his 83rd year, he even made a trip to Chicago to visit a few of grandchildren and checked out the "bean"at Millennium Park. He is awesome!
Happy Birthday, Grandpaw. We love you!
April 8, 2011
My padded headboard
We bought a king size bed, and as my friend over at Lelus house said about her king size bed, "it has changed my life"! We love our new bed. Unless you sleep alone, I recommend that you don't wait 34 years to make this purchase. I sold our other bed and the mattress and box springs on Craigslist and began the hunt for a padded headboard. I was hoping for something much more Glendarella like, but for $15.00, I couldn't pass up this simple arched headboard. It is a well-made, home-made, king size padded headboard. We finished this project in a weekend. It was like any other reupholstery job - take off the old stuff and use that as your pattern.
We started about 9:00 PM on Friday night after a couple of laps of encouragement around the neighborhood. Me and the mister walked, I talked, and he listened while I pleaded my case.... I wanted help taking it apart. The hardest part is getting all those staples out.
Here it is on top of the Maxipad. She serves me well, and has many useful purposes.
I hoped to be able to use the welting cord again, but it did not hold up well during the demolition
Adding more padding or batting material to the front side
I used the old fabric as my pattern and added 2" on either side to allow for more padding.
folding and ironing a a ruffle for across the top
sewing the fabric around the welting cord - oh yes I did Kayleen
Don't let him fool you.... he likes this stuff
It is not as gawdy or princess like as what I had in mind, but I like it and I like the price.
headboard - $15.00
4 yards of linen fabric - $48.00
welting cord - $6.00
batting or padding - $3.99
$72.99 for my padded king size headboard
I am linking up to Miss Mustard Seed's Furniture Feature Friday
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