Chair Envy

<span style="font-size: large;">I know it's a sin to covet. I was raised Catholic, I know my 10 Commandments. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">But, oh, how I covet my friend Becky's new (old) chair. It is so cool. I love its unique shape. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGkNlwKO8PMr-BHWNC6fm7Rwi04d_HZ9PTRuwBd0teKBqxmXywdWlVT2vIING5hzcf2Wg2JrJLzDvymrALjOysXXibiKRNLltD5yt1ZgIe9ANe1oY0VsTOd9vNEXaeCfjToUbnrswq8u8/s1600/IMG_4794.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGkNlwKO8PMr-BHWNC6fm7Rwi04d_HZ9PTRuwBd0teKBqxmXywdWlVT2vIING5hzcf2Wg2JrJLzDvymrALjOysXXibiKRNLltD5yt1ZgIe9ANe1oY0VsTOd9vNEXaeCfjToUbnrswq8u8/s400/IMG_4794.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">What makes it even harder? She found this chair today while we were shopping <i>together</i>. We had hit a local school's yard sale and had barely been there five minutes when she spotted this chair and decided she needed it. I agreed immediately. If she didn't get it, I would have. Other women there were eyeballing it, but Becky got it - fair and square - for $50! In the world of treasure-hunting, you've got to be fast and fierce. As the saying goes, you snooze, you lose.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFgQceDPfRagCia9QG3Pk19a6NEHIJP_VSriSoC99msMbAMPwvoOCNI_3zfgbiabDMC9xmlp-nuHZcUJZOqfoEIm-yVuGs-ttBSYRS5m0oKo1ajRZpFVG_9z1QWwg9XxrKCef0kFVNvA/s1600/IMG_4795.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFgQceDPfRagCia9QG3Pk19a6NEHIJP_VSriSoC99msMbAMPwvoOCNI_3zfgbiabDMC9xmlp-nuHZcUJZOqfoEIm-yVuGs-ttBSYRS5m0oKo1ajRZpFVG_9z1QWwg9XxrKCef0kFVNvA/s400/IMG_4795.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Within seconds, I knew where I had seen this same style of chair before . . . </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMMtI1flgLRDctZvT-JTUZKC1XKM-q5r8iYnwAxonyJAAqD1ugHOteOpe2BzUMBjtfwpfKjRXFKOidHx_e8cgBRlz6brZXhobW72beQNZrZvtoBEexFtjKE7S0zC8TXYhUX0wvUt2MEk/s1600/milli_2_0018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMMtI1flgLRDctZvT-JTUZKC1XKM-q5r8iYnwAxonyJAAqD1ugHOteOpe2BzUMBjtfwpfKjRXFKOidHx_e8cgBRlz6brZXhobW72beQNZrZvtoBEexFtjKE7S0zC8TXYhUX0wvUt2MEk/s400/milli_2_0018.jpg" width="266" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of my favorite interior designers, Celerie Kemble, featured a pair of these chairs on the cover of her book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Celerie-Kemble-Creating-Modern-Traditional/dp/0307394425/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254255049&sr=8-1">To Your Taste</a>. When I made this realization, I was even a little more jealous. </span></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">After the chair was safely in the car, we made our way to a fabric store to check out re-upholstery options. We found a great little suzani print with vibrant colors that I think will really make her chair pop. Here's the tiny swatch they gave her.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRd-Hqe5SygNTd9nZt0hYhXqhY-KBNmBvdXo8Uk3ujDNk0QskbfDeuMRkkQxTQqKCAiAc34cAWuqdzwcGIApcv8o-NG9h2MnnMvDFbmJiCpdHmIbVJt85mkIoyFyO9EwyNkjm-ElGD3cs/s1600/IMG_4799.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRd-Hqe5SygNTd9nZt0hYhXqhY-KBNmBvdXo8Uk3ujDNk0QskbfDeuMRkkQxTQqKCAiAc34cAWuqdzwcGIApcv8o-NG9h2MnnMvDFbmJiCpdHmIbVJt85mkIoyFyO9EwyNkjm-ElGD3cs/s400/IMG_4799.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Once she gets it reupholstered, I'll be sure to share an after photo. I just know it will be fabulous. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, what do you think? Are you as jealous of her find as I am? And I'm not usually the jealous type. I threatened to steal the chair, but I only live a few houses away so I feel sure she'd find it rather quickly.  I guess visiting it from time to time will have to suffice. Sigh. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

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