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Compromise

February 23, 2010

Marriage is all about compromise. When we were looking at furnishing our basement, Brian really wanted a poker table. That meant no other furniture down there since we just didn’t have the room.   Me notsolikey.  Brian found our nice counterheight bench table on clearance. That looked like a good multi-purpose table and fit enough people, so I told him that I would make him a cover with poker fabric.

As usual, you can find anything online. I found a site that sold poker table fabric (water-resistant…like they are drinking water! Bwaaahaaahaaa!!), so we chose a color that sorta matched the room.  As usual, it looked like it matched better online than in person, but it works.  I made it with a cotton batting layer between a black cotton layer on the underside, so it was lightly padded (easier to pick up cards that way). It attaches to the table like a fitted bedsheet. Just elastic in a casing to go around it and make it tight.  The fabric was around $14/yard and came shipped on a tube. 

Voila! Happy hubby and happy me. 🙂

It’s pretty reflective fabric with the flash, so the 2nd picture shows it better.

 

  1. Oh, you are so right. Marriage is all about compromise. That is for sure. What a great solution. The fabric looks perfect and I love that it is “water” resistant. I am sure that will come in handy.

  2. You didn’t mention the whole compromise on the basement design. With a great clearance find while looking for a poker table we were able to eliminate a bar extending into the room with the bar-height table and bench/stools, then satisfy the poker needs with the fabric. It was a 3-for-1 which we actually like better than the original theory.

  3. a 3 for 1 is better than just a plain old give and take any day….LOL
    You guy’s make a great team.

    But who is the better poker player???? ROFL

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