How to Decorate A Cottage Style Hutch for Spring

Are you ready for spring? We have had a few beautiful spring like days mixed in with some not so beautiful winter days, but it definitely feels like spring to me! It’s a little early for blooms, but not for bunnies. I found a pair of bunnies at the thrift store last year, so I gave them a quick makeover and added a little spring to the dining room cupboard. Here is my version of how to decorate a cottage style hutch for spring.

How to Decorate a Cottage Style Hutch for Spring

I have been rearranging my dining room, so the cupboard was a blank slate. First I filled it with my ironstone collection and books, then I started adding some spring items.

Adding Green to the Cupboard

Green and spring go hand in hand, the green grass, spring flower stems, the new tree leaves, I love it! I added greens here and there in the cupboard. You will notice they are in a pattern, similar to an “x”. This creates movement that draws the eye around the display. I used a book, moss, a dried hydrangea bloom, and flower stems.

Diy Stone Painted Bunnies

I found this pair of bunnies at the thrift store last year, and now it was time to give them a makeover. I did the easy stone painting technique that I used for these thrift store statues. After they were painted, I went back and touched them up. The bunnies dark eyes were looking a little creepy. I added a little more white, and covered some of the black areas that were too dark. You can’t mess it up, just keep layering until you get the right look.

Make a Bunny Spring Centerpiece Display

Using a large ironstone tureen, I added a cup and cardboard to elevate the bunny and make a surface to hold the moss.

The first layer I added was Spanish moss.

Next was some green moss. You can find these mosses in the floral department at the craft store.

I cut the individual flowers off this floral stem that I purchased from At Home.

Then I just tucked them in the tureen.

The bunny got a ribbon tied around his neck and then I added a few grapevine twigs for added texture. A few wooden eggs place on a plate with Spanish moss completes the vignette.

The other bunny was placed on the green book on the right side of the cupboard. A plump bird sitting on a real nest and a sheet music flower complete this side.

On the top shelf, I filled a china bowl with books, a wooden shoe form, and a cup filled with more green moss. Books in soft shades of cream, tans and greens look so pretty for spring. And finally, I plopped a dried hydrangea bloom from last summer in an old wooden box with some rolled up vintage paper documents.

I hope you enjoyed this little tour of how to decorate a cottage style hutch for spring!

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Thanks for stopping by,

Janet