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Cimorene ([personal profile] cimorene) wrote2008-06-25 07:59 pm

rutig o randig - red patterned kitchen chairs


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.

[identity profile] perhael.livejournal.com 2008-06-25 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I like them a lot!

[identity profile] sophiawestern.livejournal.com 2008-06-25 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
pretty chairs!

[identity profile] wax-jism.livejournal.com 2008-06-26 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
No, no, 'tapetserare' is someone who puts up wallpaper, 'tapisserare' is an upholsterer. It's a subtle difference.

Now the crazy is climbing on the drying rack. Right after she pooped in the box!