THE BEAR CHAIR

So, the story behind this chair is a funny one in our family. Christina got this chair for free from a ward swap meet. She knew that it wasn't the prettiest thing in the world, but it was a well built chair that we could one day refinish. Well, Carter LOVED it. He would sit in every day and watch a show or eat a snack. He started calling it his "bear chair". We on the other hand, especially Mike, hated how it looked. It was handmade by a grandparent couple in our ward years and years and years ago, but it needed to be updated. Mike would ask Carter if they could chop off the bear's head, and Carter would get this sad/worried expression on his face and say "no!".

The random night came where we were at Walmart and Mike was determined to re-upholster the chair. He found some great fabric and new padding and then that night he started working on it. First he had to "skin" the bear and then came the part that Mike had been preparing Carter for...cutting the head off. We thought Carter would cry and scream no, but he just said had the worried look (above) and finally said that we could cut the head off. We were surprised for the approval, but grateful.

Once the head was off the rest of the work went fairly quickly to redo the chair and fix the arms. It really does look great and Carter still loves it. He even still calls it his "bear chair" so maybe we avoided scaring him for life?? Hope so! :)