oh, I love to do chairs, too esp dining room type chairs, where you just do the seat and can make such an amazing difference! I did my mom's old dining set when she moved to her condo, and she told me her one really clean (like almost OCD house-cleaning), classy friend just kept STARING at them! so that is about as close as I get to a real compliment from my mother.

people - like T, or my former hairdresser, or my GP - would always say how they like to see me because I make them laugh, and that makes them feel good. I didn't really understand the effect of the mood change until last week, when T and I laughed so hard and I noticed my own mood change because of it. I don't know if i'm just always set at "anxious" or what?! I need to talk to T about it. I also need to redo my current chairs in my apt! I bought the material maybe 2 years ago - a couple of big square pillow covers from IKEA - one is zebra, the other is caramel, embroidered black flowers on one side. I need to paint all the chairs black. but they are going in two diff places in the apt, foyer and dining.