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The ThroneOnce upon a time, well, no, this isn't one of those stories.  But it does include a throne.

You see, last month, I received a phone call from Morgan (instagram.com/morganclae/), a family friend.  Morgan is a very gifted lady who sings, plays piano, writes music, and directs music videos in Los Angeles.  It was in the later function for which she contacted me.

Morgan: Uncle Rick, can you help me?

Me: It all depends.  What do you need?

Morgan: I'm shooting a video in a couple of weeks, and we need a throne.  Can you make one?

Me: Uh, sure, I guess.  What's your budget, and what look did you have in mind?

I'm not going to go into all of the conversation, but I agreed to build it for them at a reasonable price.

Now I have always been a handy guy.  I can work on my house and make it look okay, but building a throne for a video is a different thing altogether.  So, I broke out my computer and created a rendering of my version of a throne.  We went back and forth a bit on the design as you would with any project. Once the plan was approved, the construction began.

It took about four days to build, and I must say it came out well.

The production went off without a hitch, and the princess ascended the throne.  Don't you love happy endings?