The Beginning

afternoon all - here is the beginning of my couch project. i am posting the first pictures of this great event - it has only taken (umm let me get a calendar out...) (kathy, when did we get this couch from you???? oh yeah, november 2005) okay now i am even more embarrassed.... 2 years to strip the couch and cut the foam pieces for the seats. (wow, what a looser) of course all who have been privy to this task (typed as if it was truly a simple task..) know that i have shown great fear at attempting to be this "crafty". yes, yes, yes, all the bravado only to have to get this done or my brother has to sleep on the floor for christmas. what a good sister i am trying to be.....
anywho... the first photo shows my little helper - dude - looking bewildered at the tools of my trade. a tape measure, green highlighter, and not so straight piece of trim to mark 3" all around the piece of foam in the middle of the floor.
pict 2 - the "bones" of my couch. i stripped all the fabric off - what a mess to have fine sandy foam pieces EVERYWHERE. vacuumed mucho after that task. took the couch arms off and stripped them (another picture somewhere on my computer). threw out all the old batting (nasty stuff) and vacuumed out mouse poop (ohhh yeah, also bleached and sanitized the heck out of everything i was touching...). what i have left is what you see in the pict (well and a few other picts, but who has that much room on a blog...?) oh and dude LOVEs the stuff covering the palette pieces - it is all over the place by now.
pict 3 - cutting 1/2 side of the foam. and my arm cramped up, and i had to turn it over and over. then dude thought he was helping me, so he clawed on the ends knocking the foam all over and (do you hear the whine in my voice????... i bet bob does... lol).... (i like the "...." ;).) (can we put emoticons in here???) sorry, rambling.
pict 4 - two halves :) YIPPEEE
and that is all i have to say to that. think the measuring and cutting took about 1/2 hour - i think. the whining may have added 15 minutes to it. i think i threw a hunk of foam at dude too...
k will update then next steps later