Abuelas Chair

Every nursery needs a chair or rocker. So, rather than run out and buy a chair for ours, I re-upholstered my beloved grandmothers chair, (well, I didn’t exactly, a very nice man named Gumer at Windy City Upholstery in Chicago did), which was in her house forever, and her own mothers before her.  When I had the chair redone, I requested organic, unbleached feathers and wool be used, rather than toxic foam, as this will be the chair that my son and I spend a great deal of time together in.

I miss my grandmother most terribly, but I know that there is no safer place for her “grandbaby”, than her chair.

Lesson #6: It’s so much more meaningful, when you can, to recycle something that has a bit of soul, than buy it new. It also saves you green, while being green.