Hi friends,
Welcome back to Keep In Touch. I do appreciate your faithfulness. I enjoyed all of the posts last week.
If you have followed this summer, you may remember that I've struggled with chronic pain.
I've got rotoscoliosis which flairs up from time to time. This time was terrible. My pain started in early June after I painted our little bathroom. It got a little better before our trip but last week after our trip to the U.K., it was terrible. There were nights that I wasn't sure I'd be able to sleep lying down. Fortunately, August is bonus time so I asked Bill if we could go get recliners (he got one too). The new recliner has helped. I'm going to try to keep screen time to a minimum during the next few weeks because that seems to exacerbate the problem.
My recliner is brown fabric. I really wanted white, gray or cream but they didn't have anything unless it was custom order which was more expensive. August is traditionally sale time for furniture so our chairs were on sale. They are Lazy Boy. They are both electric but Bill's has lumbar as well as neck support. I'll be using his (which is upstairs) for sleepless nights. I spend most of my day downstairs. I don't watch T.V. so I don't need mine upstairs by the big screen. Someday, if we can get a handle on my pain, I'd like to move this chair upstairs so I can at least be in the same room after dinner.
The adage that "it is what it is" fits in this situation. I don't love the look of recliners but this one is okay. It actually resembles a "Restoration Hardware" tone so it goes with what we've got going on in the room.
It goes with our existing brown leather club chair. That is where I was sitting until my pain came in with a vengeance.
I'm so glad that I'm feeling better. I had begun to wonder if chronic pain was my companion for the rest of my life. If you live with pain, you understand.
I'm so blessed that I cried out for a chair and three days later it was here. I know others are not so fortunate.
I'll be back with a lighter post about late summer sunflowers. I've decorated, cleaned and gotten out my camera so I'll write up a quick post that will go live later in the week.
Please know I do appreciate you all so much.
Our feature this week is from Barbara @ French Ethereal. Her post about furniture transformations through paint and slipcovers is a winner.
I've slipcovered many pieces over the years. It's extended the life of several of our sofas.
I love her French style chairs.
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Katie
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