The first time I was in the same room with this chair, I didn’t even see it despite its orange color. Luckily, someone took me over and introduced me to it. Some very happily married women might say the same of their husbands. Like love, reupholstering can be intimidating, but let yourself fall or you may miss a chance of a lifetime. “Just take it apart piece by piece and then put it back the same way,” said instructions for my first reupholstry project. It was that simple. I

Mary and Fred had just purchased their new home located in a charming suburb of NH, only 15 minutes from the seacoast, but 2 hours away from family. Of course they would have a house warming. Methodically, they created a guest list with a few carefully chosen invitees-- mother, brother, children, and grandchildren. No one was permitted to decline. And indeed, no one did. On that day, a gentle buzzing of conversations hummed in the kitchen. Tall windows filled the space with s