Yes, I have done that. But it is a little presumptuous.

I think I have your address around here somewhere...

I dream of having my own little shop downtown when I grow up. I want to do antique/consignment, with my own flavored recycling thrown in- sort of like this, but I'm not as talented as Sharon, of course.


Ahhhhh- a girl can dream!

Wow! What a beautiful chair! The ugly duckling turned into a swan :hurray:
I now mist look for an old chair

Ya know, Trish, I've thought about that. Problem is I've been grown up too long I think. The consignment shop where I've done displays for years is soon closing its doors. The couple is retiring and moving back to Illinois.

If I weren't involved in so many things I'd seriously consider it, but if I did that I wouldn't have enough hours in the day to garden and paint and write, so there's that. Just don't lose your dreams; life's no fun without big dreams.

Hey GT, luck finding old chairs. They are out there, I'm here to tell you. But you might just have to look for them. One time my uncle had an old cane bottom chair, the seat was in shreds. So I tore the seat out and made a garden chair for him, one he could just set a huge pot down into the seat part and plant whatever he wanted in it. So most any old chair will do. Wood glue will be your friend, too. It helps tighten the rickety-est old chairs.

Not presumptuous, Nap. People love things like that.
I'll take all roses, please

Oh nap, what about adding your pretty bloom shots to the database? Dave disabled the right-click copy option.

She has some amazing bloom shots.
Amazing.

I know, I remember seeing them!

I don't know what most of them are! That's what's stopping me. Most are from the Botanical Gardens. I don't know anything about them, I just know what I like.

I'll bet Sue could identify most of them.
Or Zuzu. Or both.

So I'll TreeMail Sue a few. K?

Whew. It's about time.

I'll give them a shot and forward them to Zuzu too. If we can't get a positive ID, you can always just upload to the generic rose page.

LOVE that chair, Sharon! Some day I may take a small drop leaf table that is out in the garage piled high with junk and see what I can do with it. Just sanding it down and painting it would be a huge improvement.

Hi Pegi! Thanks.

I'll bet you could do wonders with that small table. See the bit of gold edge I put on the edge of the seat on the chair? I just used a sponge that I swiped through some gold paint and again swiped it on the chair edge. That part is so easy to do. Even if you did nothing else, a touch of gold edge looks nice, especially against a darkish color.

I hope you give that table a makeover.