Friday, September 6, 2013

Monsieur Honey's "Morris Chair"!

Remember this chair... that we saw at the wonderful store "Un certain... Regard" in Gourdon.


No, we did not buy it and bring it back to Canada. 

We did however buy enough fabric to have the cushions made for the "Morris" chair that Monsieur Honey built from cherry wood a few years ago and last year he finally finished applying the urethane.



A visit to the upholsterer with the chair and fabric should result in that "certain look". 

Then maybe soon the chair will no longer be naked, fully dressed and have pride of place in our living room.

Stay tuned ... for updated photos of the finished product





Some editing has caused this post to become out of order... This was originally posted July 15th... the most recent post is actually the next one... The Return of Monsieur Honey's Morris Chair dated August 21st.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

The Return Monsieur Honey's Morris Chair.

Some of you may remember my earlier post dated July 15th titled "Monsieur Honey's Morris Chair" ...  I wrote about the special fabric we purchased in France and the chair Msr. Honey had built and that we delivered to the upholstery store where cushions were custom ordered to fit the chair.

    The Naked Chair...
    built by Monsieur Honey from cherry wood.

Today on our way to do an errand we were driving by the upholstery store and I was "frantic" because I saw our chair in the window.

A quick U- turn and we were back at the store with payment made, the chair and cushions were loaded in the car for it's ride to our home.

The chair is now quite at home amongst our eclectic style and other pieces of furniture.

It has been "seat tested" by several visitors today ... and is firm, supportive and very comfortable.

The chosen fabric is beautiful.



    Great workmanship by Rene from Frantic Upholstery.

Friday, August 16, 2013

Vacation Stop

I'm temporarily in "Summer Vacation" mode ... and deciding whether I will continue with my blogging.

As you know we returned from France early in July and without over using the "it has been busy, busy" comment ... it actually has been very busy!

Since we've retired we always have family and friends ask what do you do all day?

It is a difficult question to answer...














I love taking photos and writing and sharing stories and experiences. 

Over the next few weeks I hope to figure out if I will continue with my blog during our "in between" stages, i.e. when we are not on an adventure.

I' m trying to walk most days so that I may be able to do the Pilgrimage walk to Santiago de Compostella next year...and right now we are discussing what other adventures and bucket list items we would like to do.

So for today I will share with you some "postcard photos" from our many trips to France.

À bientôt.