Red Chairs Diary

Dumpster Delight

This is one of a set of chairs I recently rescued from the great (free) outdoors. Since the wood color matched my kitchen table, and I badly needed new chairs, I gave these four-legged beauties a home. I changed the original ugly taupe fabric on the seats to a more practical wipe-able vinyl. I didn't have much of a choice in solid colors. But I liked the red. It matched some things in my kitchen, and it reminded me of the red vinyl seats on chairs my grandmother owned. After covering the seats, I realized I was continuing a pattern in my life.

Dining Room with Dog

Here are my dining room chairs with our dog wondering why in the world I'm not photographing her. She's such a ham! As you can see by the rumpled cushions, this set has been around for years. The cushions look pink in the photo, but they're actually burgundy red.

Taverna Chairs with Cat

This was one of my more popular T-shirt designs, back in the days when I designed and silkscreened T-shirts for the tourist industry here. Why I made them red, I'll never know. Most taverna chairs you see here are blue. Guess I just liked red. :)

Pointsettia Phase Two

Okay, not a chair. But it's red and I thought I'd throw it in for Christmas. I'm very proud of this plant. My mother-in-law gave it to me last Christmas. Unbelievably, it survived a whole year to give me a second set of red flowers/leaves (whatever they are) in time for this Christmas. The plant was much fuller. Unfortunately, a strong wind knocked over my folding clothes line, which lopped off the front branches.

Red is not such a great color on me, and I'm pretty picky about the shade, but it seems to be my default color. Out of all the primary hues, it is the one color that makes me feel complete.

A wonderful post about red is Brandon Cox's, The Scarlet Thread.

What's your favorite color, and why?