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i'm amazed at what gems people leave next to the dumpster. seriously, when i took the trash out the other day and saw two chairs that looked like this, i knew i needed to take them home with me. about an hour and 2 cans of 97 cent black glossy spray paint from Home Depot later, we went from this....to this.

i'm so pleased!

Connor helped me with them too taking the seat cushions off with the cordless screw driver. He really did it mostly on his own, with a little help from Mom and a lot of, "No, no, no, I do it" from Connor.

we then moved the chairs to the grassy area behind our apartment and he and i spray painted while Kylene was strapped into her trusty umbrella stroller to observe it all. {don't worry, she was only in there for about 10 min before she laid down for a nap. didn't want you to think i would keep here in there for an hour.}:)

so far, Connor's never been one to ham it up in front of the camera, but this photo shoot proved differently. i kept on trying to take a picture of the chair but he kept jumping in and thinking it was hilarious. well, and honestly, it was. he makes me want to pull my hair out sometimes but i mostly want to squeeze and tickle him all over.


don't worry, Kylene was part of all the action too.:)

man, can't wait to see what else is going to show up in the dumpster around here.
{p.s. i told Byron i think we're some of the "greenest" people i know. when you walk about our apartment and see how much stuff we've repainted and spruced up that was on it's way to the garbage, i know mother nature thanks us.}