The Chair

The pictures are of the Chair, The Hat and The Partridge Family wall. I thought visual aids of my little story would be helpful. *grin*




So in that last post, I talked about the ugly chair in the corner. It is ugly but it's one of those things that is so ugly that you like it. The frame of the chair is hand carved and painted black with red accents. The chair is red with black spots. We call her the lady bug chair.

The chair came to us on a sunny Saturday afternoon about 5 years ago. We were cruising the aisles at the flea market and there it was. This woman was selling some antique furniture and The Chair.
Michelle and I do not have any sort of classic look when it comes to our decorating style. The only way that I can think to describe our house is an odd museum of odd things. One bedroom is painted 49er red and is an absolute shrine to my team. I mean like it could be in a sports magazine type of shrine. Most everything in that room is 49ered. From a sports locker to helmets to die cast planes, trains and automobiles.
Then there is the Hollwood room. That room is painted like the Partridge Family bus but instead of the oranges and yellows, we have pastel blues and greens. We have all kinds of Hollywood memorabilia in there. From Charlie's angels dolls (still in the packaging) to autographed pictures to an autographed surfboard and autographed skateboard (signed by Tommy Lee) hanging on the walls.
The rest of the house is just as ecclectic. From collections of decorative skulls and walking sticks and other movie and music memorabilia. We have an autographed Rick Springfield guitar hanging at the top of the stairway. We have an entirely purple bathroom which we call the Jimi Hendrix experience bathroom.
So as you can see, we are odd. So this chair just seemed so perfect. We looked at each other, asked the lady the price and we bought it. BUT, in order to buy the chair, we had to take the matching hat. Not quite matching but it is a wide rimmed, red, feather hat. *giggle*
We brought our little treasure home and noticed that everyone who came over, made a comment on the chair. So we started a tradition and decided that everyone who came to our house had to have their picture taken in The Chair with the hat. I would guess that we are up to about 35 pictures. Sadly, we have lost the hat to another tradition that takes place up at the lake. But the pictures are still required.
So if you come and visit me at my house? You too will have to have your picture taken in The Chair.

Edited to add a closeup of the chair, the hat and a sample of the Prtridge family wall.