What happened to the couch?

In my last post, I told you I'd let you know what happened to the white leather sectional couch at All Decked Out. Remember seeing it in pieces?


Well, our friends from Hickory Cove Bible Camp - Luke and Nick - actually brought the new blue sectional couch over to us from Hickory, NC, and took the white couch back.


It was a rainy night when they left and they had an open trailer, but they wrapped it well in the plastic that was on the new blue sectional.


And they found a good home for the old couch - in the chapel building at Hickory Cove. By the way, do you recognize the table in front of the couch? It was a bedside table in the main bedroom at All Decked Out. The other bedside table got ruined when the carpet installers moved it, so we knew it was time for a change!


The chapel is being converted into a lounge and dorm. Camp has grown so much that chapel is now held in the big gym. For more information about Hickory Cove, visit www.HickoryCove.org.

Of course, the new couch is resting comfortably at All Decked Out, just waiting for you to come and enjoy it.


We'll see you there!

Pool table refurbishing - All Decked Out

I know we've been posting a lot about All Decked Out lately. But that's where most of the action has been during the past few weeks. This post will show you how Larry and Shane gave the pool table a complete overhaul.

If you go back to our March 1 post, you'll see how they took the table apart so the carpet could be laid. After that was finished, they came back and reassembled the table. That turned out to be the easy part. Here's the following sequence.

First, the table based is put back together and the table is carefully positioned to provide maximum room for players and their cue sticks. Then Larry inspects the bumpers and puts new felt on them.


Next, he seals the slate seams and any minor chips in the slate by melting a special beeswax into every crevice. It has to be done just right, or it will leave a tiny bump that will affect the movement of the balls.


After the beeswax is melted into the seams and other areas, the excess is scraped off.


Then every inch of the slate is carefully inspected. Even the slightest bump is smoothed out.


Now the new 'electric blue' felt can be installed on top of the slate. Again, it has to be tight and perfectly smooth. It's glued and stapled at strategic places.


The whole process takes almost 2 hours. But when they're finished, we have almost a new pool table!


On our next post, we'll show you what happened to the leather sectional couch. Meanwhile, to see all the changes we've made at All Decked Out, please click here to visit our Web site. You'll find all new pictures and a full description of 'What's New!'