Rainy Day Chair-and-a-half almost done!

Progress:

See the story behind this FREE chair project from this post.

Then progress from this post,

and with a finished back cushion from this post and even more from this post.

The pattern is from 

Attic 24's Summer Garden Granny Square found here.

Granny Squares Galore!!!

More Granny Squares for the Chair-and-a-half!

Looks like flapjacks.

Makes me hungry for cornmeal pancakes,

with sausage and real maple syrup.

(My favorite cornmeal pancake recipe is from Food.com - click here for recipe.

Mmmmmmm....

Oops my mind wanders to food.

OK - back to granny squares.

I don't mean to brag or anything, BUT,

I have made 254 of these little critters,for this chair, so far.

HA!

 Time to add the white trim, join in white and

update you on the chair-and-a half in a few days.

See the story behind this FREE chair project from this post.

Then progress from this post,

and with a finished back cushion from this post and even more from this post.

The pattern is from 

Attic 24's Summer Garden Granny Square found here.

Granny Squares and Apples

Working on the Granny Squares for the

Chair-and-a-Half.

See the story behind this FREE chair project from this post.

Then progress from this post,

and with a finished back cushion from this post and even more from this post.

The pattern is from 

Attic 24's Summer Garden Granny Square

found here.

This is my favorite color combination of all the Granny's!

I wonder if we may be seeing a bit of a theme transition from 

Apple Blossoms to Apples...

Oh, the possibilities!

Many, many, many more squares to come!

Stjernedal Help

Gratefully and fortunately we received

help at Stjernedal last weekend.

Here are some highlights:

Ceiling and carpet - GONE!

(BEFORE)

Carpeted stairs - GONE!

(BEFORE)

With the help of:

#3 (The Condition)

and

#8 Ca$h (The Electrician)

In Stjernedal, he lives here:

and

 #3A

She is responsible for this: 

(BEFORE)

and

#7 (Little Bug)

She can figure out how to do anything. She's the mechanical one.
She's also responsible for entertainment,

and traffic violations.

And lastly...

That's me.

My responsibility is

 "Damage Control"

as stated on my shirt.

The mission I chose to accept...

is to control this:

The NVO...

;-)

We all cleaned up this:

(BEFORE)

 And after working we enjoyed this:

And that was the best part...

Family and Fun!!!

Stjernedal Interior

Alrighty then....are you ready to see the "BEFORE" photos of the interior of

"Stjernedal"?

I'm not sure I am again....

Brace yourself...I hope you have the ability to imagine the possibilities...

In your mind, picture, if you will, a

charming Scandinavian cottage...

OK ready?

Here we go:

Oh the vision...

Oh the possibilities. :-)

Stjernedal

50 months to retirement,

and after a three year search...

We finally found a place to call home:

Stjernedal

It's a "fixer upper" and we are excited!

Stay tuned for "before and after" posts of the

transformation into a Scandinavian country home.