It's what I imagine the aftermath of a face lift is like. If, for
instance, you had your jowls lifted, afterwards you'd probably say: now
my eyebags don't go with the rest.Then after the eyebag-lift you'd say
OMG, the nose! So you'd get a nose job. And so on.
Not that I would ever
consider having my face lifted even if I could afford it and even
though every bit of my anatomy needs lifting at this stage of life. Have
you seen videos of actual face-lifting surgery? I'd rather
be drawn, quartered and hung out to dry.
But I was talking about my new floor, now finished. The spic-span
loveliness of it makes all the rest look cips-naps. Naff old Argos sofa,
stripped of the ethnic throw under which it has lived its whole life,
naked as the day it was born, well...what can I say? A ready-made loose
cover costs as much as a new cheap sofa therefore, in ongoing
efficient/economy trance, I've decided to do it myself. Not by proper
sewing or upholstering but via creative handling of staple gun and new
fabric, yet to be acquired. That's just one of the consequential
improvements to be DIYed.
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| Old sofa with ethnic throw under which it has been hidden all these years. |
6 comments:
Oh yes! Very swish!
Tom, you mean the new floor I assume, not the old sofa?
Nice floor, looks much like mine, which needs refinishing this next summer. I like the sofa too.
The sofa's a lovely shape. If I were you I'd throw on a new ethnic. Job done. Unless you're drawn to the creative possibilities of scissors and staple gun . . .
That looks like a very fancy showroom to me.
SFM, my floor is not solid wood, just real wood veneer over common rough planks (so-called engineered wood) which is why it's cheaper. But it can't ever be re-finished. That's OK, I'll take good care of it. That old flower- print sofa? No no no! And the old striped throw is unwieldy. Am going to DIY something different.
Vincent, yes the shape is nice but I don't want another throw, it keeps moving around. Staple gun, ingenuity and new fabric, I think.
Bruce, fancy showroom??No way! Wait until all the stuff goes back in, after I've cleared the sawdust off everything.
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