...i've got butterflies ~ and the blues!

...hello dear ones

and happiest friday!!!

curious about what's behind the lace curtain today???

(I am!!!)

come on...

don't be shy

come in, come in!!

closer...

taaaaadaaaa!!!!!

here is my new blue chair.

well,

technically it is NOT new

but

it is blue

and velvet

and has carved roses on the top

I just love that detail

(hhhmmmm, I wonder why!!)

it has now officially been cleaned, steamed and placed into position...

right here!

when I spied it with my little eyes thrifting,

it had a halo around it...

no lie!!

and I was thinking

oh Rosemary, you most definately did NOT need

another chair...

but at the same time

OH! Rosemary ~ LOOK at that!!!!

ooohhhhh

aaaahhh

and I struggled with myself for all of about 5 minutes awhile

until someone else started eyeballin` it too...

and normally, dear readers,

when that happens,

I walk away and say allllll for you...

but

not that day!!!

not THAT chair!!

...

I also have the butterflies...

as I need to ask you

what YOU would do

if...

you were me ~

when I initially saw this blue chair,

I envisioned recovering it with burlap...

as it is all the rage right now

and

I do adore how it looks...

really I do!!

so, off to the fabric store I go...

 yah....`bout that.....

ok

here is the honest truth  ~

I can soooooooo

NOT

take the smell!!

could someone

p-l-e-a-s-e

tell me...how is that working in their home???

that ~

and it is

sooooooooooo

scratchy on my legs, and arms!!! 

well,

I will not be defeated now!!

so I hunted....

...and hunted

and I'm pretty sure the ladies at the fabric store thought I was the new security guard

as no fabric bolt was left unturned!!!!

but

I am happy to report ~ 

that I did find an alternative that I can be happy with

(and so can my nose and legs!!)

It is a linen toile de jouy

with the same blue color on the chair...

and an elegant lady feeding

are you ready for this???

A SWAN!!!!

I absolutely adore swans, and have many of these

oh-so-elegant creatures in my home

...fake ones of course!!

although, on my farm someday

I'd love a little pond with a few floating around!!

(focus Rosemary!!)

anyhoooo ~

I'm flounderin` like a fish out of water on this dilemma...

and need a different perspective.

that's where YOU come in!

I value your opinions

soooo...

here it is ~

do I strip it all off and burlap and stencil a french image?

or

do I strip it all, and paint the wood a creamy white and cover it with the toile linen?

or

not paint it and cover with toile

or  

....

or

....

HHHHHHEEEEEELLLLLPPPP!!!!!!

I'll just be over here...

sitting in my blue chair...

floating in the possibilities!!

...here's to friends like you, and vintage blue chairs and butterflies!!!

I've linked up to Vintage Inspiration Friday

at: Common Ground