Newport Update

Not all of the furniture that came out of my grandma's house in Upstate New York fell into my novice hands for its refurbishment. Two beautiful armchairs from my grandma's living room underwent a major professional makeover. We had them stripped, stained and re-caned at the Strip Joint in Rhode Island (the Captain loves to shock people saying "I"m going to the Strip Joint", har har) and then we had them reupholstered in two contrasting fabrics.

They came out looking fabulous, literally 3 couples tried to buy them from the upholstery store while we were there picking them up! We placed the chairs in my parents bedroom, flanking the fireplace. My mother is especially wary of clutter and excessive furniture, but I think instead of making the room feel claustrophobic these actually make it feel bigger. Plus they are exceptionally useful for putting on and taking off shoes.


I really wanted to do a tour of the Newport house via photos, but unfortunately I did not bring my charger last weekend and my camera died shortly after I finished photographing my parents bedroom. So that will have to be put off until my next trip to Rhode Island; look forward to that in the future!