Nan's Stool
When my Nan passed I asked if I could have her kitchen stool and my request was granted. It is not a particularly prepossessing piece of furniture but it is old and it does hold a lot of memories for me. Apparently originally it had a seagrass top but when the top disintegrated the eyelet holes were chopped off and a solid board seat was added with some vellum to cover it. This is now well battered and it is overdue refurbishment. The stool has barley twist legs. The wooden stain was almost none existent and it had gone white and I have started to stain it again with an eye to re-varnishing it and also putting on a soft furnishing seat. I have some rust coloured furnishing fabric, a patchwork remnant that I picked up which I think will suit the stool well. I too use this battered old stool for sitting on when I am processing fruit and vegetables for the freezer or processing my onions for pickling. I have never recovered anything like this ...