operation(s) complete

the turquoise tufted chair isn't nearly as ugly as i was anticipating. i'm still not sure i love it - especially enough to keep it in our living room, but mq does.

when we moved in together for the first time, some things quickly became clear to both of us. 

i'm a better cleaner. and far too particular of a cleaner (some would say anal) to let him help me out. neither of us are chefs, so we split the cooking fairly evenly (at least, at one point we did). 

and, perhaps most importantly, he's in charge of all home decorating. my taste is far too feminine (think anthropologie home decor to an extreme) and, frankly, i just don't have a knack for that sort of thing. 

this has transferred to my upholstery projects. no matter how hard i try to find the perfect fabric, he usually picks it out. i'm drawn to birds and owls - or a perfect white - and he matches colors and takes risks. i've been hesitant about the turquoise - and now, even as this little completed chair sits in our living room, i'm unsure. 

it's grown on me in the last 24 hours though. 

i'm pretty sure he just loves the tufting (he's about as obsessed with tufting as i am with painted wood).

speaking of our living room - have you seen our new lamp - i.e. spotlight?

 our best rummage sale find of the year. another item was was not crazy about but has grown on me. we put a dimmer on it, cleaned it up a bit and now it operates just like lamp. a really big lamp.

it once belonged to the paradise theater in west allis - a small theater that opened in 1929. 

they stopped showing movies in the '90s and someone in our neighborhood bought the building before it became a church and was able to snatch up all the cool pieces of the theater that remained. 

and then he had a rummage sale to sell them all to his hoarding neighbors. 

 and now we laugh when we walk by pottery barn and see this one

or this one at restoration hardware: 

and sure, maybe these ones are a bit more shiny and fancy looking, but ours at least has its authenticity (right?).

alice's chair has also gotten it's final touches this morning. i just can't show the whole thing until alice and sean see it themselves. i'm making a special delivery tomorrow afternoon and am really hoping they're happy with it.