My son is loving his teacher this year. Which is such a blessing. This school year was a bit of a dreaded year when it began. {the chair "before", but after sanding}
I'll give you a wee bit of history... when it was time to find a school for Jordan for kindergarten, we searched high and low for a school we felt fit us. We live in a city where we don't have to abide by catchments, meaning we can choose which school we want our children in, no matter where we live.
When we found the school we chose, Dunach Elementary, we knew it was "it". Both my husband and I attended tiny country schools, and we loved the charm of this old building (with teachers that had been there for 20 years, and students that were 3rd generation students!), and the charm of the families that attended. {my first time spray painting. Loved it!}
Sadly, in the beginning of last year, the school board voted to close our school. We were all very, very, sad. It was breaking up a very tight family...
happily though, 50 Dunach students, including our son, chose another country school, to keep the family tightness, and to join another fabulous school, and 2 of our teachers were able to transfer over with us.
Jordan got the grade 2 teacher he was supposed to anyways! And he has excelled this year!
Because of all that history, this chair came about. Mrs. M gifted me with this old teachers chair, which had come from Dunach, and allowed me to do anything I wanted to do with it...
"throw it away if you want to", she said. Ya right, Mrs M.
This was going to be a Thank You for the hard year she had, but the great year she gave Jordan.
~the colors of Dunach, Green and Gold~
Dunach was a school that was alive and loved for 119 years!
~ the school building was actually the location of Abbotsford's first city hall meeting!~
~Dunach, a school "where every child is important"~
I wanted the chair to look like bums have been sitting in it for the past 119 years
I loved Mrs M's overwhelmed reaction when I delivered it to the classroom
and I really loved how each child in the class then took a turn to sit in it!!!
and I'll never forget this day, because it was the first time Jordan admitted I embarrassed him - because the pink shirt I was wearing was too bright!! LOL!
yesterday was Mrs M's birthday!! Happy Birthday Mrs M! And thanks again for making Jordan's grade 2 year a great year!
And thank all of you so much for reading!
xo, Leanne
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Thanks for this post Leanne. It is beautiful…like you and yours.
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Laura
hugs back, Laura. You deserve it!
What a fantastic makeover. Such lovely treasure and gift. I love the history you shared along with the transformation! Good Job!
Thank you so much Tammy!
Love it.
thanks Juno! xoxo
My heart doesn’t even know what to do with the range of emotions flooding me… what an amazing and thoughtful gift for Laura… she will totally fully receive it and cherish this piece of heart.
wow, thank you so much, Kristin. Laura is a teacher that deserves it, and she’s one who would cherish it, and it was my pleasure!
What a sweet and thoughtful gift!! It makes me so sad to hear about schools closing… but what a wonderful memory you all will always have.
the school closing was very, very sad, and we fought hard for our little school. unfortunately there was nothing we could do. I feel very blessed though that our son is doing so well in this current school, and we still get to keep so many of the friendships that we built in the years before. Thank you so much for commenting!
Awwww… You are the best mom, Leanne! You put so much thought in everything you do!!!
I am sure Mrs M is thrilled!!!
I am so glad I SAW this chair in person!!!
(or should I say “in chair”??)
Please tell me how you painted as i tried spray paint and HATED it.
I loved that the kids took turns sitting on it!!!
Thank you claudine!! I love that I have found a skill that is so easy to gift to others. that is what being blessed with a skill is, is to give it away, right? you have shown me that yourself!! Hugs!
You were so sweet and thoughtful to make over that chair and give it to Laura. I can’t even imagine the look on her face and the emotions in her heart when she saw it. GREAT job!
xoxo laurie
Thank you so much Laurie!!
~your blog is beautiful.. thank you so much for visiting mine.
xo!
Thank you for sharing at Rustic Restorations Weekend! I love this chair! You did such a fantastic job on it!
thanks again, Tammy! I really appreciate it!
What a beautiful project and post Leanne. I love when transformations have such meaning attached to them. The writing on the chair will ensure the school is always remembered!!
I’d love it if you’d consider sharing this at Shabbilcious Friday ~ http://shabbyartboutique.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/shabbilicious-friday-156.html This is exactly the type of projects I love to promote.
thank you so much, Kerryanne. And thank you for the invite to your party. I will be sure to link up!