"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." This is week forty-six of the Pancakes & French Fries William Morris Project, happening every thursday in 2012.
That's right kids, six weeks left of 2012.
And that's about as much of the future doom and gloom that I care to talk about today.
Over the last week, we had many people in and out of our house, since it was Thanksgiving, and Thanksgiving part deux, etc, etc. Every time we would clean, someone would try to pick up what looked like a scrap of black fabric under the sofa.**
"Ouch!" Said the sofa, "that's part of me!"
The black fabric was actually the under-lining stuff that is used to conceal the inner parts of furniture. I am sure Martha Stewart knows the exact terminology for such fabric, as well as what it is made of, and the thread count. I might know such things if I had been researching 1920s sofas, instead of turn of the century oil painting conservation. I possess more than my fair share of knowledge on things like Sturgeon Glue, gilders liqueur, hot tables, whiting and cleaning replica weaponry.
My point is, that fabric has seen the end of it's days. There was no longer enough strength left in it to hang on to the tiny little upholsterers nails, and so it happened that the black fabric baited us into trying to pick it up. It looked shabby. Janky. Truly.
So I did the only reasonable thing I could do. I took it off.
Until I run out to the hardware store to pick up more little square carpet tacks, as well as procure a suitable replacement fabric, I will just leave the underside of the sofa with nothing to wear. After all, only the carpet can see.
Making caramel, Alice
{**On a side note, when shopping for upholstered furniture, looking for an actual piece of fabric on the underside is a good sign that the item isn't junk. At least, less junky than if it had that plasticy fiber-paper stuff instead. You know, the kind Ikea has on the bottom of their sofas. Even if you are thrifting or craigslisting, holding out for a few simple signs of quality and craftsmanship can go a long way.}
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