A Special Chair

I have had this chair since my grandma passed away in 1986. It was the chair she sat on while she sewed. To everyone else it is just an old beat up chair but to me it is a memory of a woman that I love and admire so there was no way I was ever getting rid of this chair. It has sat in my daughter's room almost her whole life. Yep, looking just like this. 

Catherine decided it was time to redecorate her room during one of her recent trips home from school. I decided it was time to do something about this chair that I treasured.

After I removed the tacks, that at one time held a cushion in place, I filled the wholes and sanded away. Then it was time for a few coats of spray paint. I don't know how people get their spray painted projects to look so good. I can never seem to get the results I want but I live with it anyway.

So after those few coats of paint and a new pad from IKEA that I swear they made just to fit this special chair, it was finished and Catherine loved it. She loved it even more after I reminded her that it used to belong to her Great Grandmother. She didn't know that (I know I told her the story when she was little but I guess not lately so she had forgotten) so now it is not only a functional piece of furniture that she uses when she is sitting at her desk but it is also an heirloom that has been passed down through the generations.

Why did I not do this 25 years ago? I'm just really glad I have always held onto this little chair.