Rick had surgery on his hand on Friday and by Saturday was sufficiently housebound to agree to let me get him out of the house. This means that I actually get to drive which sorely tests his patience but at this point he was willing to accept me driving slower and less aggressively than he would. It’s like driving Miss Daisy, let me tell you. All the instructions and eyerolling coming from the right.
Anyway ~ off we went. I thought a visit to the bookstore was in order. I could live in a bookstore. I feel very at home in both libraries and bookstores. I thought maybe some magazines would distract him. As it turned out I found a few and he found nothing of interest.
The pictures in this post are from the British magazine Homes & Antiques. I bought it for the cover picture alone. I’m not sure what it is about British magazine that I like so much. Most of the wares depicted aren’t available to me but I do I get plenty of ideas.
I love the chair pads on these chairs. I have six dining room chairs that are in serious need of something. They have the world’s easiest cushions to recover. You just unscrew them, pop them off, staple a bit of fabric over the old fabric and you are done. Only we can’t agree on a fabric choice. These chair pads look more labor intensive but less permanent. Maybe one of us could pick out the new pad fabric and the other the cover fabric. Two looks and we are both happy.
I love the British Decorating and Gardening magazines too. I don’t always buy them because I buy too many magazines as it is but I always look through them when I go to the bookstore.
I love those chair pads!