Cottage Spring and a New Project

          It's freezing cold and snowy outside, but if you drink a glass of wine and squint a little you'd swear it's June here in my little cottage. Last weekend I took all the Christmas decorations down (good riddance!) and put up all my favorite things, my Spring things. Once everything was up and set I realized the chair I had gotten for my living room was too short, and just not quite what I wanted. Luckily, that same day I found the perfect vintage velvet chair on Craigslist. It's become something of a tradition for me now, to go out early on New Years Day and pick up a new wonderful thing from craigslist. This year it was that perfect chair. I already painted the dark walnut frame white, and will put a brown glaze over that as soon as I pick some more up from Home Depot. I love the color and style. just perfect! I took a couple other quick pictures of Spring updates around the downstairs as well.
          My next project is to paint - yes that's right PAINT- the upholstery on the little velvet chair that got bumped from the family room to the porch, and the vintage duncan phyfe settee that I got off craigslist last weekend. My porch has been having an identity crisis, but I've got a full plan for it now, and hopefully it will be coming together nicely in just a week or so!

Don't worry- I haven't lost my mind. There's a method to paint upholstery, which I've been researching, and I'm quite certain this is going to work brilliantly!