FANTASY BLUE HOUSE..........

Welcome to The Blue House....come through the iron front gate and up to the front door.........

.......... through the inner door, which has a welcoming country bunch of flowers and you step into............

.......... the Hall........ smells gorgeous, doesn't it ? That will be the pot pourri
in the large bowl on the table. You would like to use the telephone.........

.......... feel free.....do you know how to use these retro phones ?......... while you're doing that I'll just be in the kitchen..........

............. Ah, there you are. Did you manage O.K., .....Good......Let's have a nice cup of tea.......Ah, good. I see that Fortnum and Masons have delivered. We will be enjoying some of the contents of that hamper later......

.......... I'll just reach up and get one of these cups , sorry, what's that......you would rather have a cup and saucer ? No problem. I'll organise it.
Just got to dry one up....could you pass one of those tea towels over on the stool ?
Blueberry cake with your tea ?..........

Bring your tea and cake through to the dining room.....can you manage?

............... right, finished ? Come and see the rest of my Blue house..........

.......... this is the lounge. Lovely, isn't it ? and the flowers are from the garden......

............... come through the sitting room and pop your head into the Conservatory....we eat out there sometimes ...........

.......... now, up the stairs, follow me ..........

............ this is the pale blue room, just poke your head round the door. I think someone's in there ......

.......... this is the main bedroom ..........

.......... and this is the en suite to the main bedroom ..........

.......... another bedroom.... rather special this one don't you think ? ..........

..........OOooooo I think that it's someones birthday in this bedroom .......... Happy Birthday, sorry to disturb you ..........

....Oh, they must have been celebrating in the family bathroom as well !!!! .....
O.K....... that's upstairs. Shall we go and have a look at the conservatory ? ..........

.......... looks as if the celebrations have been going on in here. A good place for a party.......... come and have a look outside .....

.......... if you would like to put a pair of wellies on , we'll go and look at the garden and sit at the outside table .....

.......... Oh good, they have lit the candles and I don't think that it will be long before dinner is served. I hope that you have enjoyed looking around my Fantasy Blue House and that you will be a regular visitor.

Jackie

LAVENDER and OLD LACE..........

Come with me through this lovely distressed door to a wonderful world of interiors....well, I think so anyway!!!!

Lace, satin, chandelier, flowers........a world of shabby chic delights.

Old rose pink, iron bed and beaded fringed lampshade.......

.........lets just pop outside for a moment, it's a lovely day and I've just made a cake (kitchen coming up in a minute)...sit down, I'll be out in a moment.

.........I have just picked this larkspur from the garden....I tend to grow flowers that match my decor perfectly !!!!!!

Here we are in the kitchen....see I told you that I grow my flowers to match...pink roses to match the food mixer !!!!!!!.........

and the plates............

...............and the fridge !!!!!!!

................excuse me a moment, I'm just going to make melon vodka.......we can have some on the porch later...as you all know, I'm not much of a drinker, so I'll probably abstain !!!!!!!! NOT

.............. Won't be a sec..I'm on my way with the cake....I made a few more things while I was at it.. .......

..........shall we sit here instead ? There's a lovely view from here.......

...( don't think that I like this but it comes with the house!!!!) I can always take it to the charity shop...I'm sure one of you out there will take it off of my hands.

.......lovely that you came round...I'm off for a long soak in the tub !!!!

Jackie

SHUTTERED WINDOWS.......................

There are obviously lots of things that I love regarding interiors , and I'm sure that I will say this again many times , but my favourite ( at the moment !!!! ) are shutters. Upstairs, in our house, we have solid wooden shutters and downstairs, we have plantation shutters at the windows( Note to self : must take pictures of my shutters for posts !! ) but in the following pictures , you can see that shutters are not just reserved for windows.
Just propped up against a wall . Fabulous.

A slight indulgence , this one , as I think that this could be an old door but its such a great picture I've included it.

Isn't this gorgeous ? And not just the shutters...I love this grey / Zinc look.

Long gasp of delight.......this room ......OHhhhhh

Here they are , used in the traditional way on the outside of a house....... I don't know why but this doesn't seem to work here in the U.K.

Perhaps a bit more furniture would be a good idea here but the original shutters are wonderful.

More external shutters....these are in Tuscany.

Isn't this perfect ?

Sorry , this one is tiny but can't you imagine sitting here , warm sunshine , drink , friends....... heaven .

Ahhh......... Wisteria ......so beautiful and adds a certain something to the lovely shutters

I don't always like everything painted white and I think that the mellow finish to these shutters would have been ruined had they been painted whereas...................

.................. it works really well here . I hoped you liked that little look at shutters and , maybe if you see an old shutter looking lonely in a junk shop , don't buy it . It's mine !!!!!!!

Jackie