cimorene

Seat covers are striped and checked cotton dishtowels from Casa Stockmann

I finished reupholstering the kitchen chairs last week. But I had this funny conversation about it when I tried to tell my mother-outlaw:

Cim: Jag var just och satt nya - er, uh - tapetter på köksstolarna.
Wax's mom: ...Var?
Cim: På köksstolarna?
Wax's mom: Uh... okeeeeeeeeeeej.
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Cim: Hey, does 'tapetter' mean upholstery?
Wax: No, it means wallpaper.
Cim: Um... oops. The other day I accidentally told your mom I was putting new wallpaper on the kitchen chairs. No wonder she seemed confused...
Wax: What'd she say?
Cim: She asked me to repeat myself but then I did and she was just like 'okaaaayyyy...'
Wax: Knowing you, she probably thought you were using wallpaper.
Cim: How do you say upholstery, anyway?
Wax: Just cloth, I guess, but 'tapisserare' is an upholsterer.