A Saturday Project

This chair , which was a dumpster dive find, has needed some help ever since the seat detached itself from the frame. Well, a small guest nearly fell through it and I knew I couldn't procrastinate any longer.



$4 matte cream spray paint from Michaels made the first transformation.




I stapled the fabric around the chair seat, pulling it tight and trying not to ripple it too much. Next time I need to add more filling to the cushion since it is rather flattened from so much sitting. Since I had cut the fabric so short I taped down all the edges with duct tape.




I eye balled where I wanted the piping to go and I stapled it in place. This was tricky since the staple gun was heavy duty and the piping was not so heavy, nor duty. A little overkill, I think. But I got the staple gun from my parents, may they live forever, after I borrowed my Dad's so many times in a row. I was bound and determined to staple something in honor of them even if it was over kill.




Here is a shot of the fabric, piping and chair frame. I think the piping makes it looks that much more professional - or at least to me.




Finished computer chair! I love the look of the cream and blue!

Cinnamon Rolls, again

I don't know about you, but I absolutely love breakfast for dinner. It is always so tasty and quick, whether you're whipping up pancakes, dipped bread for your French Toast or making fresh, warm cinnamon rolls with bacon and eggs.

I posted an excellent Cinnamon Roll recipe here, but with dough that rises overnight, you kinda have to plan ahead. I'm not that smart. So I combined a bread dough recipe from my mom and with the filling and glaze and now I have a ready to go cinnamon roll recipe in time for dinner!

*this dough is made up in the bread machine where it kneads and rises for 1 hr & 40 minutes. To speed things up even more, mix and knead the dough in your kitchen aid and rise 45 minutes in a warm oven.

Blue Ribbon Roll Dough
put in pan in this order~

1 1/2 Cups very warm water
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup veg. oil
4 1/2 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbls yeast

Mix on dough cyle. Punch dough and shape. Makes 2 loaves of white bread or 18 "grandma" rolls in 9x13 pan or 16 cresent rolls. Bake rolls @ 350 degrees for 15 minutes and loaves of bread for 30 minutes. For cinnamon rolls, roll, spread filling and bake at 350 dgrees for 15 minutes.

Home decorating update

Our living room as of January 2011. Pictures on the wall make such a difference!


South West living room wall. New loveseat and I moved my desk to the living room for more sun light while I work.


From the living room looking at the front door


Another view of the front door and dining room


Bathroom - new shevles from Ikea!


Bedroom


Bedroom - other side