Blue and white room makeover

I think you all know by now that I'm a big fan of blue and white china and have gathered quite a collection over the years. It fills my cupboards and, as you can see, I even have it climbing the walls.

This is our breakfast room (next to the kitchen) and it's a room for all seasons. Cool and calming on hot summer days and toasty warm in winter when the wood burning stove is alight.

The old pine dresser in there holds even more blue and white

and the door knob matches too!

Sadly the pretty wallpaper that has served us well for a number of years is now looking quite 'tired' and there has been much discussion for a while about whether to choose more paper or simply paint the walls white..... We've chosen and paint option and so.....

 yesterday I removed all the china from the walls and mantle.

Emptied the dresser.

 And began peeling off the paper.

The job won't be an easy one as the paper has a vinyl coating.

Removing wallpaper is definitely one of my least favourite jobs, and clearing up afterwards is even worse, but hopefully the new room will be worth the effort.

Meanwhile, I thought you'd like to see the little twins that I made with the yarn I showed you last week

I've named them Jack and Jill although they are a little too young at the moment to venture up the hill to fetch a pail of water! As always the pattern is in my Etsy shop.

Back to paper stripping........

Until next time,

Eli

Comments

[Debbie]

Your breakfast room was lovely before decoration Eli.I am looking forward to seeing the makeover. Good luck with the wallpaper stripping, a horrible job!
Jack and Jill are a pair of sweeties, I don't know how you keep coming up with these lovely patterns.
Best wishes
Debbie

[Julie]

Jack and Jill are very sweet. Can't wait to see the new room

[Hittyjean.wordpress.com]

Eli, you're breakfast room is GORGEOUS!! Like a picture out of a magazine. I'm sure the newly painted walls will be well worth the effort.
Jack and Jill are adorable.
:o)
♥

[Helen]

What a gorgeous room! Your collection of blue and white is so wonderful. It's good that you took photos of your wall arrnagement if you want to replicate the arrangement after the painting.

As for Jack and Jill, they are as cute as can be!

[Paula]

Dear Eli,

Your breakfast room is beautiful!!! You have a wonderful collection of blue and white dishes. I love how you have the plates displayed. Your home is very beautiful! I look forward to seeing it painted! I know removing wall paper is not a fun job! I see you have been very busy! Thank you for visiting me! You asked about the paint color in my dining room, it is a historical paint color called Woodrow Wilson linen. It is a creamy white. Have a lovely day! Love, Paula

[Paula]

Oh dear! I forgot to tell you how adorable Jack and Jill are!!! I love the colors you used to make them! You are amazingly talented dear Eli!!!

[Wee Cute Treasures]

What a beautiful room Eli. I love blue and white - but sadly I only have a couple of pieces. Your collection is divine. I notice that 'teddy' is also dressed to match!! So cute.

And Jack and Jill are also really beautiful. I love the way they echo each other in terms of colour, and I think Jill's little 'bunches' are adorable.

As always Eli, a beautiful post. Have a great bank holiday weekend. Fingers crossed for reasonable weather!! Love, Carol xoxox

[Marqueta]

Dear Eli,

Oh, how lovely! I just love blue and white china; it's so serene and "clean" looking.

Removing wallpaper is not the funnest job, for sure~I could lend Frankie to you for a while, though, since he's real good at tearing off my GOOD wallpaper!;)

I can't wait to see the finished result.

Love,

Marqueta

[melanie]

What an absolutely gorgeous room. I love your stove. x

[Wendy Wager]

I was thrilled to find your blog and those adorable doll patterns - will be back to buy some soon! I bought most of your beautiful machine knitting books a few years ago and I treasure them. Don't know what prompted me to search for you today, but I'm so glad I did. x