{"id":5328,"date":"2014-11-06T08:27:25","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T13:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=5328"},"modified":"2014-09-25T08:27:56","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T12:27:56","slug":"hello-gorgeous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/11\/06\/hello-gorgeous\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Gorgeous!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5320\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/11\/06\/hello-gorgeous\/dscn0709\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSCN0709.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"346,461\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX 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https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSCN0709-108x144.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5321\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/11\/06\/hello-gorgeous\/dscn0710\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSCN0710.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"348,508\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX S6200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1411156164&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSCN0710\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSCN0710.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSCN0710.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5321 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSCN0710.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0710\" width=\"226\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSCN0710.jpg 348w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSCN0710-102x150.jpg 102w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSCN0710-98x144.jpg 98w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We finally got the remaining furniture out of storage, and we finally got the two chairs that constituted much of the remaining storage back from the upholsterer.\u00a0 This beauty here was the gold pressed vinyl arm chair next to the organ in my Grandmother&#8217;s house.\u00a0 When it came to our apartment long ago, the cats loved it so much (that is, loved the pop their claws made in the vinyl) that we ended up calling it the sacrificial chair.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/images\/backgrounds\/scarabpattern2b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"228\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now it&#8217;s back by the organ wearing my custom designed fabric.\u00a0 This scarab and lotus pattern worked out so well I have made it available for others to enjoy on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spoonflower.com\/profiles\/leems\">Spoonflower<\/a>.\u00a0 I think I will add some more seamless patterns after I give them another round of editing.\u00a0 I paired the print with a pseudo suede solid for the bits that would get the most wear, and <a href=\"http:\/\/waltsupholstery.com\/\">Walt&#8217;s Upholstery<\/a> did a fabulous job of putting it all together.\u00a0 He was a joy to work with!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We finally got the remaining furniture out of storage, and we finally got the two chairs that constituted much of the remaining storage back from the upholsterer.\u00a0 This beauty here was the gold pressed vinyl arm chair next to the organ in my Grandmother&#8217;s house.\u00a0 When it came to our apartment long ago, the cats&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/11\/06\/hello-gorgeous\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hello Gorgeous!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[213,90],"class_list":["post-5328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-design","tag-seamless-patterns"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3494,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2013\/03\/19\/our-lives-with-books\/","url_meta":{"origin":5328,"position":0},"title":"Our lives with books","author":"leems","date":"March 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I am finally back in the saddle of keeping up 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