My mom had a genius idea to use decorative borders that are typically used for bullitin boards to enhance our plain crown molding. So, my mom and I put up the border one afternoon while Garytt played in his room and Westyn was hanging out with my dad. I think it is pretty cute and it adds a lot to the room.
The other project that we tackled was recovering the rocking chair from Garytt's room. So, this is a rocking chair that I found on Craig's List for $5. We have been using it in Garytt's room but the material was not really in line with the Dr. Seuss decor of the room. So, we always planned to recover the chair. However, we discovered that the chair may have been priced so low because it has a tendency to slide off the track and then won't actually rock...helpful. So, my dad managed to fix the functionality of the chair with a little wood glue.
After that, it was time to recover the chair in the fun Dr. Suess' Lorax material! We added new cushions to the seat and the back and then covered the chair...well, as with so many projects, it took a little bit more work than expected. But my dad did a great job of tacking down the seat material and then my mom had to hand sew the material on the back. It was definitely a group project that wouldn't have gotten done without them! And I am thrilled with how it turned out!
Grandpa working on the chair
Tacking down the seat material
The finished product in the room
Slowly but surely we are decorating Garytt's room!
While we were still working on the chair, Garytt was really intersted in in checking out the fun Lorax material. So, we had a little bit of material left over and Grandma decided to tie the material around him as a cape. Then he went running (or flying) around the house.
Thanks to my parents for helping with these projects!
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