Today, I put two coats of willow green paint on the dining room chairs. They’re oak, but boring to the point of ugliness, so paint was a huge improvement. I also covered the seats with blue denim. One more coat tomorrow, and they’ll be done.
After painting the chairs, I decided to do some work in the bedroom. I hauled my bed frame out of the closet and put it together. I haven’t used it in years, because it’s old and needs slats. The side rails can be installed two different ways, one of which allows the box spring to sit on top of the rails. This works fine and is nice and sturdy, but there is nothing to keep the box spring from sliding right off the rails. That sounds a little too exciting to me. This afternoon, though, it occurred to me that I could wrap the side rails in non-skid shelf liner, to keep the box spring from sliding. It worked beautifully!
So now, for the first time in years, I’ll be sleeping in a grown-up bed, instead of on the floor, like a poor college student. Miss Brown approves, too. As soon as the mattress was in place, she boinged up on the bed and flopped around like a trout.
The third thing I did was swap out coffee tables. I’ve been using an old desk with the legs removed. It works great, but it’s really big and bulky, and the top is warped. The replacement coffee table is tiny in comparison and will take some getting used to, but I’ll be glad to take the behemoth to the trash tomorrow.
And now to go find a tasty adult beverage.
red paper boat 