This pair of tulip stools belonged to my grandmother, wearing an original knoll wool textile in ochre. Following the lead of the unraveling threads, we removed the cover and the hardened, deteriorating polyurethane foam seat. A solid disc of plywood from 1958 was revealed underneath, showing the distinct grain pattern of old-growth trees from that decade. A strip of black wool felt softened its perimeter, giving the bare plywood a graphic quality. We shifted the disc off-center on its base so that it no longer lends itself as a place to sit, but instead as a swiveling side table. A circle of matching plywood plugs the center mounting hole. The bases are recoated in blue, a direct contrast to the original ochre seat.