Blue & White are perfection ( In my humble opinion )

There's nothing like it ( in my humble opinion ) especially in an old cottage-y type of house
( where this is an alternative to changing out the floors completely )

What an unbelievable before and after ( in my humble opinion )

The other half of the floor is not done yet - because it's taking 2 coats of Zinzer primer prior to painting and then I do 3 coats of Behr's Floor paint..................I work on a half at a time always ( or if the floor is bigger
3 or 4 sections ) just so that I can hop over on to one side to continue working on other things in the room.
It's the best way to do it - in my humble opinion.

And while that's drying - I can work on this

Which fits perfectly into the nook above - and will look so much better in white
( in my humble opinion )

I've been online looking for blue and white buffalo check or gingham wallpaper - for one wall because that would just tie all of the " country " bedroom look together ( but that's just my humble opinion )

Blue and white just never get old - do they?

Or is that just my ( humble ) opinion ?

Oh and this will be put in the room - can't wait - it's been shoved in a corner of another unfinished room since we moved here - the legs kind of, sort of match the dresser !  You can see the transformation HERE

It'll need a fresh coat of paint because it's been banged around a little
And we'll be picking up this headboard tomorrow - which will also be painted white
It's a double because a queen is just too big for this teeny tiny guest room but aren't the curves pretty?
This one's a " KEEPER " - because it's just so perfect :)
Thanks Fany ♥

Have a day filled with blue skies..................and fluffy white clouds -

Much love,
Your humble servant

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Welcome to Fairyville Friday !!!

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I've been intrigued and fascinated by these forever................. ( what makes someone my age want to play with fairies?  ) I used to create miniature Christmas villages for the kids like you wouldn't believe - they were huge - truly villages - with schools and houses and Churches and playgrounds and skating rinks and ski hills )

Last year Danni ( whose grandson is now officially my boyfriend - online boyfriend ) created this
You can read about it here SILO HILL FARM

And I fell instantly madly in love....................is that the cutest thing or what?

It led me in the direction of another new obsession ( I haven't done Christmas villages in a very long time )
I won't be making an outdoor Fairy Garden per se................I'll be making an indoor Fairy Village ( where it'll be nice and safe from that nasty groundhog HERE and the ducks HERE but especially from those Grackles ( who apparently like shiny things ) HERE

So......................I bought a bird house ( with a little veranda - now how adorable is that? )
That hole will be covered up or made into a port hole window but I did cut a little door on the side - still rough but at least the fairies can come in and out now lol
Just need to paint it up in pretty colors

I cut the door out with a steak knife - please dear God - do NOT tell John - and don't tell him I use butter knives to open paint tins - it drives him NUTS  I use butter knives as flat head screw drivers also - I'm a utensil type of gal LMHO

There's even " eaves " on the roof !

Then I picked up a kit from Michaels - which included a charming fence

and the sweetest arbor

 a bench for them to rest on

a bird bath ( I'll be painting the interior of it blue )

a wheelbarrow -

a watering tin

and a little welcome sign

I picked up this little lantern separate - just because I had to have it

AND THE PIECE DE RESISTANCE?
ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?
It's so cute I can't stand it

OMG !!! That little basket filled with miniature flowers?

I purchased 2 more birdhouses ( remember this is going to be a village )  and lots of fun things which will wait for the next post - this is getting kind of long :)
But still on the list are:
cocktail umbrellas
thimbles
match boxes
and then I'm going to spend some time this weekend looking for remnants from my Christmas villages - there
were some pretty cool things in there, like street lamp posts and bridges and such.

I'll be updating the progress weekly on Fairyville Friday
now I'm off to paint a fairy house - you all have a beautiful weekend!

Oh and I've started a Pinterest page just for Fairy Gardens - if you're as intrigued by them as I am you can find it HERE

Awww - what the heck - here's a little teaser ( I hope the little girls I'm creating this for love it as much as I do !!! )  Here's Rainbow Road, Fairyville

You all have a wonderful weekend -
Much love,

P.S. - I just opened the front door to let Soda out for her middle of the night pea - and there was a SKUNK standing right in front of the door !!!
OMG - this doesn't stop...............it ran off and it didn't spray - but I'm still shaking.
I'm living in the middle of a ZOO !
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