It is in!!! well not finished yet but---

storage in the banquette



tops down and ready for the cushions



cushions and pillows--waiting for a nice table!!



The kitchen seating (banquette) came into the house today.  I made the seating with storage as the top picture shows.  Then Terry picked out the fabric for the cushions and pillows and she is having a roman shade made for the window to match as well.  Our plan is for me to make a maple table this summer in St. Paul and a bench that would fit on the side without seating now and have the bench top match the pillows that were made.  It will be a huge improvement to the kitchen and also give us much needed storage space as this home does not have a lot of that.   I say it is not finished because I will make some custom trim pieces this summer, the kind that I do not have the tools for making here.  In the fall we will put the trim on and then put a finishing coat on. 

Today was kind of busy.  I got the car in for it's first oil change, we rode to the library to take some books back and then worked on the banquette.  Terry got a run in this morning and we did our daily walk with about 45 minutes of working out in the fitness center in the middle of the walk.  We do that Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

I will have tennis Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.  I think Terry has as least one tennis time on her schedule.  Terry mentioned today that she would really like to do a century bike ride this summer--ouch!  That is 100 miles.  IF we were to do that we would need to get some parts of our body in much better shape than they are now--will see if that happens.

I think it will be kind of an early bed tonight--not yet but kind of early.