Comments on: Sicily, and a Story of Church Chairs

By: Jann

Jann — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:22:05 +0000

It’s weird why everyone in Italy has trouble with these little tarli bugs. I’d never heard of such a thing before coming here, but every old wooden thing seems to suffer from them here. Great idea to paint the chairs white… I found two more, so maybe I’ll try something creative with them because I can only stand a certain amount of dark wood.

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:59:46 +0000

Yeah, i have to put some tarlix on my travi (wood beams). Though the fallegname says that if there weren’t tarli, the beams would be dead wood and the house would come crashing down. I picked up 2 similar chairs in the trash and painted them egg-white. They look very nice. Yours are better quality though; mine are the Tuscan type and I don’t much like them in wood colour.

By: Jann

Jann — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:34:11 +0000

It’s called Tarlix–bright yellow scary-looking stuff.

By: lucinda

lucinda — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:52:34 +0000

What is the toxic goo???

By: Jann

Jann — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:24:05 +0000

Yes, she’s very Italian in that sense–always dressed to the nines, no matter what!

By: sandee wheeler

sandee wheeler — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:08:17 +0000

I love that your friend, Roberta, is wearing a dress to do this “procedure”! The chairs are wonderful!

By: Nur

Nur — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:19:39 +0000

Jann!They are lovely,how nice to have them,I’m always interested in antique ones.I hope you use for happy occasions.Best.

By: catherine Billups

catherine Billups — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:41:25 +0000

I love your chairs.