My mother gave me a totally amazing present for my birthday.  A digital piano. I grew up playing piano and gave it up when I was a teenager.  Recently with my own kids I have gotten back into music and taught myself ukulele and guitar.  Now with this amazing new digital piano I can refresh my piano skills.  I was so excited to start playing that it sat for 3 months on my long coffee table where I played it from sitting on the couch getting a sore backed from the awkward position.  

It was time to get to work in the shop and build a piano bench for it. Here is my result.  It is not the best built but it was made with what I had on hand and at the perfect size and height to fit the piano and myself.

I am so excited to start playing again!

There is a small problem I have.  I've been doing a lot of painting.  I don't have the wall space to frame and hang anymore but I still want to be able to display some of my new art pieces. 

The old throw pillows on my couch were getting pretty ratty and I have repaired them several times so I thought it was time to get new ones.  Why not get my art printed on pillows for my couch?

I found an online site that you can upload family photos and get them printed on canvas or on throw blankets or even pillows.  I took a chance and uploaded some designs and waited for the pillows to arrive.  I was quite happy with how they turned out and love how they look on my couch.  I gave several as gifts to friends and family as well.

While I was ordering a second batch of pillows I added in some umbrellas which were surprisingly cheap.  Each panel had a different piece of my art on it.  The contrast wasn't great but I was still pretty happy with the outcomes and now have a functional piece of art I can use on a dark gloomy rainy day.
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