Enhance Your Seat: No Squats or Lunges Required

<div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Earlier this week I introduced you to Delilah, my new Estate Sale chair .  I knew when I found her in the basement that although she was in perfect </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">condition that she needed a little TLC. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Her seat cushion was a little flat and saggy. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> ~Sigh~ </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> It happens to the best of us.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDS2JaeOGsQjd8YGHKTwITy4-jtdrh9peQh-yrikVgueFBMoLuLfCybnAHyF6O4eBTF67zdqeyJUoXdn-fXHkLPdi8fnm9Jh1T7N3hul0IGOFRERF_D0yf74gbjdUOIkGnEyqQmX-_SQ/s1600/IMG_4761.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDS2JaeOGsQjd8YGHKTwITy4-jtdrh9peQh-yrikVgueFBMoLuLfCybnAHyF6O4eBTF67zdqeyJUoXdn-fXHkLPdi8fnm9Jh1T7N3hul0IGOFRERF_D0yf74gbjdUOIkGnEyqQmX-_SQ/s640/IMG_4761.jpg" width="452" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">So today, I remembered the conversation I had with my BFF as I was deciding whether or not to buy her.</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  You see, my BFF used to work in the Drapery Business</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> in Texas as a Designer/Salesperson. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> She is a wealth of information!  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I always learn something new that I can incorporate </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">into my own work. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Besides that, she is Hilarious and we have such fun together! </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Back to my story. . .</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I commented on how her seat was a little lackluster and BFF says casually, "You know we used to buy down pillows from Sears and just cut them up and use them for stuffing."  Hmmmmm, I filed that into my "Info to use later" file and loaded the chair into the car.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Let's test the theory shall we?</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCkFhtz9s-iNFu6UbfrRCQrLHRBIiwAkrGN4Ttj5LAfOPJrenC7D2qEs0iwkKH4GwduB0PQF4Z806Gi8__qNA0C90TR24o-kYOanWRUAgzOwRH8BtiZLHFsnSygJ0D7r8jD_0fVxXpDo/s1600/IMG_4847.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCkFhtz9s-iNFu6UbfrRCQrLHRBIiwAkrGN4Ttj5LAfOPJrenC7D2qEs0iwkKH4GwduB0PQF4Z806Gi8__qNA0C90TR24o-kYOanWRUAgzOwRH8BtiZLHFsnSygJ0D7r8jD_0fVxXpDo/s640/IMG_4847.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I found an old down pillow that I wasn't using. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Haha, it was on Mr. B's side of the bed.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Hey, I said that <b>"I"</b> wasn't using it!  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Don't worry, I'll replace it...</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ja3TmNfV6snjVmJBYCWYpcL_tr1JhXtbATazRnolI68UDEhwwgTV5ZwMk0woEYazWdZI2HrDlEz-2qfwgMbFgScEgGXIdEESE9mc1Q1mzr4cBuwwSMT2bJC1lAO1da6fdfilEyy8sNE/s1600/IMG_4852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ja3TmNfV6snjVmJBYCWYpcL_tr1JhXtbATazRnolI68UDEhwwgTV5ZwMk0woEYazWdZI2HrDlEz-2qfwgMbFgScEgGXIdEESE9mc1Q1mzr4cBuwwSMT2bJC1lAO1da6fdfilEyy8sNE/s640/IMG_4852.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I busted it open and found all of this super soft white down.  Word to the wise: Turn off the ceiling fan before attempting this project.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIYqSQvVOstwacp4WwVs6umC9Awwo4ET6_cz3p6yITWzFFlXn7R9spdeO3j7gP10CB96Ubzt8mbwIPEomlRAHjFglTb5398-A8vY0SipHPOIptmMFPXI-1My0VygrGawae_ZjkwMyV1E/s1600/IMG_4846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIYqSQvVOstwacp4WwVs6umC9Awwo4ET6_cz3p6yITWzFFlXn7R9spdeO3j7gP10CB96Ubzt8mbwIPEomlRAHjFglTb5398-A8vY0SipHPOIptmMFPXI-1My0VygrGawae_ZjkwMyV1E/s640/IMG_4846.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I unzipped Delilah's seat cushion (no wonder she has a new dress on- hello 1985) and unzipped the cover under that one.  You can see the foam cushion and the sparse batting around it.  I stuffed the down into the old cushion cover so that way I can unzip Delilah's new dress and send it to the cleaners anytime I want.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZAcnYNubVzP_eiGMuqIZYGUN1BFbGyBWgeGBk4vrgcogKbj8r5apAnIijiaumxM397IB0E7hsvhLCcZBcTyiic8RnvMRVi5XMeRQEsxGhdk4fCQk1ucFloc3ZpBtASfx6km6VI3xF4x8/s1600/IMG_4854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZAcnYNubVzP_eiGMuqIZYGUN1BFbGyBWgeGBk4vrgcogKbj8r5apAnIijiaumxM397IB0E7hsvhLCcZBcTyiic8RnvMRVi5XMeRQEsxGhdk4fCQk1ucFloc3ZpBtASfx6km6VI3xF4x8/s640/IMG_4854.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I just stuffed it way down in there and used almost the whole pillow.</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOUoZ1RWOHUYan6wgXcpR_sH8XuPYtlALWRHbck5fAXdzm1o3LOfrueoo0brcgo-E3D3XH6nALnVrLlMQrTmvVyMTGTFzh2uOZwzIezMYar05CxE75KxvCNeFoJWHjUZzGzTVMbJJOyE/s1600/IMG_4855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOUoZ1RWOHUYan6wgXcpR_sH8XuPYtlALWRHbck5fAXdzm1o3LOfrueoo0brcgo-E3D3XH6nALnVrLlMQrTmvVyMTGTFzh2uOZwzIezMYar05CxE75KxvCNeFoJWHjUZzGzTVMbJJOyE/s640/IMG_4855.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I zipped her back up and tried her out. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Nope, a little more I think. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> There, perfect!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxr9BIjtwXBbeSEdXXhiCefZF5IiUOc5hMhyoaKj76VgHZ1EUEiXsHJsarfFhoHuJf1g5d7lcELXdVKy16gh6zwtZhulBhJ2L_Bh3R62alQ3_3XujvMvDcbzZfmPcW6cuzZ-htb60vWsU/s1600/IMG_4857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxr9BIjtwXBbeSEdXXhiCefZF5IiUOc5hMhyoaKj76VgHZ1EUEiXsHJsarfFhoHuJf1g5d7lcELXdVKy16gh6zwtZhulBhJ2L_Bh3R62alQ3_3XujvMvDcbzZfmPcW6cuzZ-htb60vWsU/s640/IMG_4857.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Nice!  Soft and cushy!  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOE9ZzG_fJnvDa2gjbqUUf1IZEuPXqy-3pgStCpL00CeTr_-sm1XX2K6FJGG_eAsNZ-4v9iqjVvyba1vH8jmiFFxLsk7k7__n3RU-Z0emffaV1WcKLw6f4qqrQpiXrJ0K4jD6X9rsehg/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage+chair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOE9ZzG_fJnvDa2gjbqUUf1IZEuPXqy-3pgStCpL00CeTr_-sm1XX2K6FJGG_eAsNZ-4v9iqjVvyba1vH8jmiFFxLsk7k7__n3RU-Z0emffaV1WcKLw6f4qqrQpiXrJ0K4jD6X9rsehg/s640/PicMonkey+Collage+chair.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I know it's not THAT big of a deal but it sure looks better to me.  And to think not ONE Squat or Lunge was performed in this seat enhancement!  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">StoneGable has a fun new party: <a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/" target="_blank">Tutorials, Tips, and Tidbits </a>that I'm joining tonight at 8:00pm. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves,</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">XO Cindy</span></i></div>

Enhance Your Seat: No Squats or Lunges Required

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