Crossword Puzzles

Well, rather than taking pictures this weekend Brent and I tried our best to complete the NYT Sunday crossword puzzle instead (note the operative word "tried"); we got, maybe, 8 words? We played while we ate delicious Pork Sauce Piquant that Brent had cooked which was a great way to spend a Saturday evening. We sat at the kitchen table rather than in front of the TV and enjoyed our surroundings and each other.


I really love my kitchen table, it's been in the family for at least fifty years having been handed down and handed down again. I think it might have started out living with my great-aunt and uncle out in Midland and was then given to my grandparents who kept it in the den of their house in Blanco.

The house in Blanco was my very favorite place on earth; it was a sad day when my grandmother decided to sell it. We did so much on that table, we played cards and I played with paper dolls...we'd also just sit and look out the back doors.

The table's a wrought-iron table with a glass top and has five matching chairs.

Originally the chairs had turquoise vinyl seats and backs and as kitschy as the turquoise vinyl sounds, it was actually kind of attractive. It was starting to look old though, so when my mom inherited the set (after my brother had used it himself for a year or so) and passed it on to me, we decided maybe it was time for an update. We picked out a lovely blue and white toile with a pattern of birds.

This reupholstery project was really a nice one because it involved me working with both of my parents, so it was good quality bonding time for us. I made a template of the seat backs and seats and my dad cut out the wood we'd use to put on the chairs. I then cut out all the fabric I needed and my dad and I stapled it all together.

The chairs look great and I think the whole set looks good in the kitchen, especially because I've decided that I want blue and white as the theme for that room. What I've used for inspiration is a Swedish tea cloth with a fish print.


Blue and white's very refreshing, don't you think?