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Kelly F. Davidson

@drkellydavidson.bsky.social
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Professor, French & World Language Education (PK-5) down here in South Georgia. Views are my own. Co-editor, How We Take Action: Social Justice in PK-16 Language Classrooms. Wife, mom to 2 amazing women, cat and dog lover. 🫶🏻

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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Tried out plums in my peach ricotta cake and it was a success for our mahjong group (even though everyone mahj’d but me 😞)! Baking has been so helpful to process everything going on and some big new responsibilities at work. Also thrilled that our hydrangeas are going in the ground!
A plum ricotta cake on a Spode Blue Italian cake plate. Man in a yellow shirt holding up a mahjong rack with winning tiles. View outside of plants being planted in a backyard.
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Fantastic way to start off Day 2 of the @earlylang.bsky.social NNELL Summer Summit 2025 with Peggy Malec's session on "Trauma-Informed Pedagogy in the Real World" #earlylang #langchat #nnell #nnellsummersummit25
A picture of a screen with a presentation on trauma-informed pedagogy
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
So proud of my (graduated) student Maria da Sousa Silva as she presents on "Using AI as a World Language Teacher: How to work SMARTER not HARDER" at the @earlylang.bsky.social NNELL Summer Summit 2025! #langchat #earlylang
A picture of a computer screen showing a presentation about using AI in the WL classroom
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Looking forward to Oz Panek's presentation on Joyful Routines for the @earlylang.bsky.social NNELL Summer Summit 2025! #earlylang #langchat If you haven't yet registered, there is still time to join us! nnell.org/summer-summi...
A computer screen with a presentation slide for Joyful Routines
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
@druserogonzalez.bsky.social is opening up the @earlylang.bsky.social NNELL Summer Summit with a great presentation on "Multilingual IEPs: Designing Inclusive Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Plans"...have you registered to attend? There's still time: nnell.org/summer-summi...
A computer screen displaying information about bilingual students in the US
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
"FOR THE OBVIOUS REASONS.
CAPITALISM AND JUSTICE DON'T MIX. IF PRISONERS ARE A PRODUCT, AND MORE PRODUCT EQUALS MORE MONEY, YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO MAKE—AND KEEP-MORE PRISONERS."
Jess Lourey
The Reaping (Steinbeck and Reed Book 2)
#kindlequotes
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
In the midst of all the horrors, I did manage to escape a little bit into a really delightful book, A House With Good Bones, by T. Kingfisher. Highly recommend, especially if you’re from the South! I leave these three excellent quotes as offerings…
ANYWAY, GIVE ME A TRASH HEAP OVER A GRAVE ANY DAY. A GRAVE TELLS YOU HOW PEOPLE ACT WHEN THEY'RE ON THEIR BEST BEHAVIOR IN FRONT OF DEATH. TRASH HEAPS TELL YOU HOW THEY ACTUALLY LIVED.
T. Kingfisher
A House With Good Bones
#kindlequotes"IF I'M MURDERED BY LADYBUGS, I WANT YOU TO TELL EVERYONE.
CALL MY BOSS AND TELL HER.
SHE'LL GET A GREAT PAPER OUT OF IT. 'FIRST DOCUMENTED CASE OF SUCCESSFUL HUMAN PREDATION BY HARMONIA AXYRIDIS.' I'LL BE FAMOUS."
T. Kingfisher
A House With Good Bones
#kindlequotes"What the hell happened to your house?" shouted Mr. Pressley. "Was it the government?"
T. Kingfisher
A House With Good Bones
#kindlequotes
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Excited to be presenting at the 2025 #NNELLSummerSummit: Connecting to the Heart! 💬❤️ Join us July 21–22 for two powerful days of inspiration + learning for early language educators! Register: nnell.org/summer-summi... #NNELL2025 #langchat #earlylang
A post about my presentation for the NNELL Summer Summit: "Sharing is Caring: Fueling our Teaching Through Classroom Research". The remaining information in the image is shared in the caption.
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Graduation is my favorite day! So proud of my students and love celebrating with my colleagues! Great WL and ESOL teachers ready to take on the world!
Three people in academic regalia Graduating students and professor with university mascot who looks like a little fire
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Super cathartic baking for our EoY department party. It’s always amazing to celebrate w/ wonderful colleagues. Apple pie was totally from scratch…a lot of work, but WOW! Made these lavender dark chocolate marzipan cookies especially for our awesome department head! 🚫 pictured: 3-cheese broccoli puff
Apple pie made from scratch with turbinado sugar dusted on top. Marzipan bars covered in dark chocolate with lavender and sea salt on top. On rack to dry/set
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
First attempt at lattice crust! Lavender blueberry pie 🥧 with lattice crust and blueberries and leaves as crust decorations
Lavender blueberry pie with a lattice crust and berry crust decorationsLavender blueberry pie with a lattice crust and berry crust decorations
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Finally got the lavender chocolate scones right!
A white plate with lavender chocolate flavored scones piled on it.
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Did my first baking in the new house, oatmeal jam squares for my department head (she’s so awesome) and lavender cranberry scones for a colleague who lost a close family member. Scones weren’t pretty, but very yummy! Will need to play with addition of lavender to get the pretty texture back.
Oatmeal jam squares in a white gift box—the jam filling is barely visible but you can see the oatmeal graham cracker crumbles on top!Closed white gift box with scones inside. Tied with a light blue ribbon
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
March reading wrap: Not as much time reading as I’d like + some really long books, but a great month overall! Wool (Hugh Howey), Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia) and The Good House (Tananarive Due, @tananarivedue.bsky.social) were amazing!! #booksky #reading
My March reading wrap-up:
A fate inked in blood, The Assassins Blade, Heir of Fire, Mexican Gothic, The Good House, Wool, and Catching Fire
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Now that the dust has settled a little bit from our move, I got to join a couple of wonderful friends for Toby’s first walk on campus! He was an amazing boy and had such a good time! What a beautiful day in south Georgia!
Three dogs (a beagle, a black and white terrier and a daschund (spelling??) on leashes next to their owners’ feet and legs. My beagle Toby looking back a little bit as he stands up next to the window in the car
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We actually talk about Blaz's book in my FLES methods class, and this semester, I added some sections from this chapter as well. This is one of the slides from the book we always spend a lot of time on, because we talk about how all of these (and more) are amazing gifts that our students bring!
A list of the many attributes students bring to the classroom
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Toby wants to show off the dining room in his new house! Happy to be back home in Valdosta!
A beagle sitting on a cream rug next to a brown table with a brown empty china cabinet in the background
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
My reading recap for February…a lot of escaping into series and stories as we pack up our house amid the dystopian nightmare. Just finished Catching Fire (audiobook) and about to finish Wool. Highly recommend that one! Of these, The Frozen River was amazing—5🌟 for sure! #booksky
A recap of the books I read in February. It shows the covers of the following:
The Hunger Games
Force of Nature
The Dry
Exiles
The Frozen River
Zero Days
Throne of Glass
Crown of Midnight
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Eating cake one year out will either go really well or really badly for us 🫶
White wedding cake with a corner destroyed and two silver forks in the top, one with the name John and one with the name Kelly engraved
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
When your anniversary is three days after Valentine’s Day and your husband (of one year on Monday!) is the sweetest!
A vase of light pink roses and greeneryA vase of bright pink roses, white hydrangeas and greenery
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
A great Friday lesson planning on Marceline Desbordes-Valmore and the basics of an explication de texte with my ever-faithful TA...he loves poetry and hiding out near my feet.
A beagle dog sitting below a desk opening on carpet, near my feet
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Toby loves that we are getting so much interest in our house…lots of trips to Starbucks for pup cups when realtors come to show it! 😂
A man holding a small Starbucks cup for a beagle to lickA beagle trying to find crumbs in a Starbucks pastry bag
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Been struggling through work and getting our house ready to go on the market with a sinus infection and an ear infection. My sweet mom sent me a grown up care package with soup, rolls, and cookies! I almost cried…I’ve been so blessed to have such a wonderful mom!
A picture of two boxes, one with soup and the other with cookies and a sign that says “love by the spoonful”
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Quick cuddles with Hyacinthe before putting away our fantastic groceries from Costco! Lots of people out shopping today in places that aren’t bending the knee!
Me with a Florida State Mom hat and holding my tortoiseshell cat named Hyacinthe.
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
To my academic friends in GA and beyond, please consider joining the AAUP. In this political climate, our biggest strength is working together to fight the discrimination, racism, misogyny, and anti-intellectualism at all levels! #aaup @aaup.bsky.social AAUP.org
Against Anticipatory Obedience
As the Trump administration and many
Republican-led state governments appear poised to accelerate attacks
on academic freedom, shared governance, and higher education as a public good, the AAUP urges colleges and universities to resist the
coming onslaught of political interference and defend the core
values of higher education.
aaup
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Toby in his holiday jammies!
A beagle in red and green plaid dog pajamas
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
When Princess Hyacinthe deigned to gift us with this blep.
A tortoiseshell cat sitting on a white footrest with her tongue out a little bit.
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Rest tonight, keep resisting tomorrow.
Picture of a tortoiseshell cat on a white footrest in front of a fire, with my feet propped up and my kindle on my lap (A Court of Silver Flames).
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
I’m so sorry for your loss. Skittles was beautiful! 🫶 This is Emma, she passed suddenly when she was only 7 years old. We miss her so much but her memory brings peace and joy along with the sadness. Sending you peace and light. 🕊️
Me with my tuxedo cat Emma, who is sitting next to me and resting her head against mine.
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Excited for the first class in my elementary school world language teaching methods course! Always fun to meet new students & renew conversations about early language learning! We'll start this week with some reflective listening for our community of practice! #langchat #iTeachWL #edusky #earlylang
PowerPoint slide with a picture of stick figures and the following text under the title Our Community of Practice and Reflection: 

Urzúal & Yuly Asención‐Delaney (2023) recently highlighted how important it is for new teachers to engage in critical reflection in a community of practice. They emphasized that this is especially important and effective in online classrooms! :)

What is critical reflection? According to Shandomo (2010): “Critical reflection is the process by which adults identify the assumptions governing their actions, locate the historical and cultural origins of the assumptions, question the meaning of assumptions, and develop alternative ways of acting (Cranton, 1996).” 
Let’s get to know each other with a little self-reflection and then small group work.
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Third one for the year of pies didn’t turn out as pretty—Race Day Chocolate Pecan for the best colleague ever!
Chocolate pecan pie with some wonky heart decorations on the side crust
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Second pie of the New Year’s resolution is a charred oak maple pecan for my department head. Pretty happy with how it looks! (Oak maple syrup is charred, not the pie! 😂)
A pecan pie on a black and white counter.
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Working on independent study syllabus in XIXe siècle poésie! Undergraduate Kelly, you finally get to nerd out w/ Lamartine & Baudelaire! Send recs for interesting articles or reads, especially intersections of poetry & art-have many already, but would love more! #iTeachWL #edusky #frenchliterature
An image with cutouts of texts related to a trial concerning Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal, the result of which was to have several poems in the volume prohibited from publication.
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
A lovely Saturday spent reading with my oldest daughter and a fire built by my sweet husband. Not sure if Hyacinthe feels this is actually comfortable, but who am I to judge a kitten…
A tortoiseshell cat on a white footrest with her head on a coffee table, fire in the fireplace behind.
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 15 #Books #BookSky #BookSkyChallenge #EduSky
Cover of THE MADWOMAN IN THE ATTIC
The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination
By: Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
So true! Hyacinthe wriggles out of almost every sweater I try to put on her, sometimes ending up wearing it like a weird skirt. This one was especially bad because it was way too big. 😅
A tortoiseshell cat wearing a pink and white striped sweater that says spoiled in silver letters.
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
My sweet husband got me some espresso cups from The Paris Market in Savannah and I feel like the fanciest lady on earth now that I have an appropriate liquid-to-cup ratio. It’s the little things.
An espresso cup on a coffee maker with a logo for the Paris Market in Savannah, GA
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 14 (of course I had to do this one) #Books #BookSky #BookSkyChallenge #EduSky
A cover of Charles Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal with a picture of the author
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
My “resolution” for this year was…PIE. I would like to learn how to make all different kinds from scratch with the hopes that I can gift them to others and make their day a bit brighter. My sweet husband’s favorite is cookies and cream, so I started off with that today. Room for improvement!
A homemade cookies and cream pie in a white pie dish.
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 13 #Books #BookSky #BookSkyChallenge #EduSky #iTeachWL
Cover for The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafés, Style, Sophistication. and Glamour 
By Joan DeJean
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Meilleurs vœux! Que tous vos souhaits se réalisent en cette année 2025 ! ✨
A neutral background with the words Bonne Année 2025 written with holly-ish leaves around it
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 12 #Books #BookSky #BookSkyChallenge #EduSky
Cover for Honing Our Craft: World
Language leaching Today
Edited by Florencia Henshaw and Kim Potowski
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 11 (a few days off for holidays and sniffles) #Books #BookSky #BookSkyChallenge #EduSky
Cover for Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices 
(Foreword by Django Paris)
By Lorena Escoto Germán
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Really enjoying diving back into this excellent book! #langchat #earlylang #edusky #iTeachWL
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Equity cannot and should not be thought about as simple acts or lessons that are done on a given day. Equity at its core must be seen as a way of being, integral to our core values-our thoughts, acts, or ideas that emanate in how we live our daily lives.
Tyrone C. Howard
Equity Now: Justice, Repair, and Belonging in Schools
#kindlequotes
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
I learn so much when traveling. For instance, on this quick trip to New Mexico, I learned that if you are cute and charming like my mother, pie doesn’t count as a liquid or gel. On an entirely different note, my mom had coconut pie for breakfast.
A brown suitcase with two takeout containers of pie
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Any good vibes for my Blazers would be awesome and much appreciated for this DII National Championship game! 14-0 and only the second time this season we’ve even been behind score-wise. It’s been a doozy of a semester after hurricane Helene…would love to see them bring a win home! ❤️🔥🖤
A picture of a TV screen with a Valdosta State football player and a caption that says “The first big play of the day for Valdosta State”A picture of a TV screen with a Valdosta State football player running and a scoreboard showing them behind 14-0.
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 10 #Books #BookSky #BookSkyChallenge #EduSky
Book cover for
BLACK AF HISTORY: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
By 
MICHAEL HARRIOT
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
I’d like to thank the university photographer for this one that mad wit into the official graduation photo roll. Clearly seeing the impending doom of the next four years…
A line of professors walking into graduation. I’m in front with my blue and yellow Emory robes on, making a weird face that looks like I’m scared
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
(Almost) all the presents are wrapped, house is clean, comprehensive WL ed program review done, waiting on first wave of family to arrive tomorrow…let the mayhem begin!
A Christmas tree decorated in white, gold, and silver, with presents wrapped in white and gold. Some presents have silver ribbons, some have green ones.
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Kelly F. Davidson @drkellydavidson.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Proud wife moment: my husband is really doing an amazing reupholstering our dining room chairs! We inherited the suite when his mom downsized. They belonged to his grandmother and have seen many lovely family moments. Just needed a fresh fabric!
A cherry wood dining arm chair with a beige and white upholstered seat with a wavy pattern woven into the fabric.
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