What a Difference a Chair Makes

I have added two little chairs to my home recently and they've made a big difference.
Here's a peek at one of them in the kitchen . . .



but first let me show you the old chair in the office.

It's Ron's desk chair which was a standard office model with wheels. 

Housed in the guest room, it didn't do much for the French Country look
I was going for but it did the job.

When Ron decided to use his computer in his man-cave downstairs instead of at his desk, 

he said he was thinking about selling his office chair. 

Did someone say "Whoopee!"? 

Oh, yeah. That would be me.

(And yes, that's Roxy's favorite cardboard box bed under his desk).

From Corporate to Country . . .
I happened to have an old wooden chair listed on Craigslist that I pulled.

Then I took the chair out of the attic and plopped it down at his desk. 

What a difference. The office area instantly went from corporate to country.

When he mentioned the chair was a little hard, I had no problem finding a pillow for the seat. 

I do have a bit of a pillow addiction so I actually had one or six handy.

I even suggested we could drape a pretty white tablecloth over the desk 

but I guess that was taking it a tad too far. File that away. 

Still, what a difference a chair makes!

On to Chair No. 2 . . . 

The other chair is actually a bar stool.

I'd been wanting a stool forever for my tiny French Country kitchen but it is really really tiny. 

There simply wasn't room for a stool. 

But baking cookies requires lots of standing with a resulting back ache to boot. 

Wouldn't it be nice if I could sit down in between batches?
But where to put it?

Then, the Goodwill gods smiled on me. 

Rustling around in their basement recently, I spotted a bar stool. 

It had a low curved back and a woven straw seat. And it was already painted cream colored. 

It was new but it looked old.
Very French Country.
I couldn't pass it up for $10.

You know, you can make just about anything fit if you try hard enough.
Like those old jeans. 

You know what I mean. 

I wiggled that stool into the corner under the countertop and voila!
It fit. Sort of.

.

I can't tell you how often I have used it. 

It's so nice to be able to sit down in the kitchen and talk to Ron as he makes a sandwich. 

He says I have to make him some cookies now that I have a chair!

I love pulling the stool over to the window and looking out at the garden 

while I'm having a cup of coffee. It's just the right height and the low back is comfortable.

Yep, what a difference a chair (or two) makes!


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