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Eily
17-03-2009, 12:49 PM
Inspired by all the lovely work being shown I decided to post a few of mine. This old chair came from my husbands family home - his aunt, she is 85, says she remembers it being her mothers chair when she was a child!
Eily
Chris P
17-03-2009, 12:58 PM
A fantastic piece of work, Eily. Well done!

Thanks for sharing.

Regards
Chris P
Admin
Bubbles2
17-03-2009, 12:59 PM
OMG Eily that is gorgeous, well done - you did a bril job I love it
shonastar
17-03-2009, 01:10 PM
Simply divine, well done Eily!
Mumof3
17-03-2009, 01:11 PM
Absolutely fantastic... and this is now a well maintained family heirloom. Well done
Moeby
17-03-2009, 02:00 PM
This is fab, a job very well done, congrats.
smokeyeyes
17-03-2009, 03:07 PM
That's certainly a family heirloom to be proud of Eily and looks like it will go on for many more generations. They don't make furniture like that anymore.
myszak
17-03-2009, 08:04 PM
It's amazing! I love it!
colmsmum
17-03-2009, 08:54 PM
Absolutely beautiful, a huge transformation, well done.
kaydarragh
17-03-2009, 09:27 PM
brilliant job looks amazing
Eily
18-03-2009, 09:17 PM
Many thanks for all the lovely comments and compliments -I'm positively beaming ;)
Eily
Linn
18-03-2009, 10:55 PM
Its a masterpiece, well done on restoring the chair into a fab piece of furniture.
Bobbygene
18-03-2009, 10:59 PM
Beautiful work. Well done
nono
19-03-2009, 12:45 AM
Its a gem, brilliant work, congrats
unapam
20-03-2009, 01:07 AM
Magnificent! A family heirloom and so gorgeous. Well done!
bluecurlygirl
22-03-2009, 02:23 AM
That's fantastic. Did you take a course in this or does it just come naturally? Seriously. That's a brilliant job. It's so good to take something old and give it a completely new lease of life and make it into a family heirloom all over again.
Eily
07-04-2009, 06:43 PM
That's fantastic. Did you take a course in this or does it just come naturally? Seriously. That's a brilliant job. It's so good to take something old and give it a completely new lease of life and make it into a family heirloom all over again.

Thanks everyone for all the lovely comments - Bluecurlygirl, Thanks for the nice comments too, no, I didn't do a course, I did a good bit of research and my son gave me a book on upholstery etc. A friend actually picked up the material for me, she saw it somewhere and knew it was exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks again,
;)
Eily
bluecurlygirl
08-04-2009, 03:56 PM
Well if you could do that from reading a book and bit of research you obviously have a natural talent. Maybe you could find yourself a little side line in these tight times!! I'm sure others could do with your talent too. Well done.
lowejennings19
23-04-2009, 08:54 AM
What a beautiful job! Well done to you. It must be deeply satisfying to just sit in front of that and say "I'm responsible for that!" - you should give workshops!! Congrats! :)
unadi
07-05-2009, 05:44 PM
Dear Eily,

Just skimming through my lastest issue of House & Home magazine and said to myself "I recognise that fireplace"!!! The house looks beautiful and its a credit to you and your family. Well done!!
It's a pity the mag didn't show your 'before' photos, so their readers could get an idea of the amount of work, thought and invention you really put into the place.

Well done again. An ambassador for all of us Jumbletowners.

Best regards,

Unadi
Eily
12-05-2009, 11:51 PM
Thanks Unadi, It was very exciting alright! See - I'm easily amused!
At least I got to give Jumbletown a good plug and I'll forever be know to my friends as "The Jumbletown Junkie" LOL
Thanks again,
Eily
Chris P
13-05-2009, 12:06 AM
Dear Eily,

Just skimming through my lastest issue of House & Home magazine and said to myself "I recognise that fireplace"!!! The house looks beautiful and its a credit to you and your family. Well done!!
It's a pity the mag didn't show your 'before' photos, so their readers could get an idea of the amount of work, thought and invention you really put into the place.

Well done again. An ambassador for all of us Jumbletowners.

Best regards,

Unadi
Hi Unadi,

Eily has kindly given me permission to upload the House and Home article.

Please see here:
http://www.jumbletown.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=56287

Regards
Chris P
Admin
Chris P
13-05-2009, 12:12 AM
Thanks Unadi, It was very exciting alright! See - I'm easily amused!
At least I got to give Jumbletown a good plug and I'll forever be know to my friends as "The Jumbletown Junkie" LOL
Thanks again,
Eily
Well done, Eily -- a great plug for JumbleTown and some well-deserved praise for your marvellous work.

Regards
Chris P
Admin
cash4nothing
05-01-2010, 01:03 AM
Inspired by all the lovely work being shown I decided to post a few of mine. This old chair came from my husbands family home - his aunt, she is 85, says she remembers it being her mothers chair when she was a child!
Eily
wow, pretty impressive :-)
JmblTwnr
06-01-2010, 08:34 AM
Amazing job done, looking great, I love it :)