a work in progress

We were given a small rocking chair from the Meads before they left.  It fits nicely in the nursery, and I use it a lot for middle of the night feedings, and at bed time to rock Kyalo to sleep.  A rocking chair was on my wish list, but I wasn't sure how to go about getting one, so it is nice to get one for free!  While we liked the colors of the fabric (it actually kind of matched the theme of the room), the old faded look wasn't for us.

{before}

(I can't seem to do side-by-side pictures.  Can someone help me with that?)

On Sunday we got a simple khaki fabric from Nairobi, and Dexter went to work stripping this off.  I think he's thinking to paint the wood white (since we have white paint remaining from other projects), which means he'll need to sand it down first.  

Here he is, hard at work!

As I said in the title, this is a work in progress.  We also got some new sponge to put under the new fabric so we no longer feel the springs when we sit on it. Yay!  I'm hopeful this is something we can complete this week. {And, of course, by "we" I mean Dexter!}

In the meantime, look at this treasure Dexter unearthed!

 {birds. flowers. during.}

Why would we ever consider covering this beauty up?

Stay tuned for the "after" shots in the coming (soon?) days!