Hello there! Welcome back for part 2 of my visit to the lovely French country style home and gardens (and THE cutest gardenhouse ~ shown above ~ and she shed!) of my friend
Judith Stringham who writes the blog Botanic Bleu…
A couple of days ago I shared Part 1 of my visit with Cindy of County Road 407 and Laura of Decor to Adore to visit another of our friends whom I met that first Christmas here in 2016 ~ Judith Stringham.
I had never been to Judith’s French Country Christmas Event at her home in Mansfield, Texas before but I knew she held one each December for all of her friends. Judith is a retired teacher and administrator in her local school district, and this holiday sales event brings all of her friends together for a visit and some fun French country shopping!
 |
| Me and Cindy outside Judith’s adorable French country blue and limestone brick/stone garden shed transformed into her shop twice a year. Oh! There are those super big pinecones peeking out from behind Cindy on that little garden étagere. |
Judith is all about French country style (my absolute favorite style, as you know!) so I thought I’d share the rest of the fun photographs today that I took last weekend.
 |
| I seriously wanted this urn… And those large round marble cheese platters… And those glittery Christmas trees… |
These pics were taken inside the garden she shed I shared in the last post (Judith’s wintertime photo of her garden from a number of years ago), and since then she and her husband built a gorgeous large greenhouse (of which I have serious greenhouse envy…) which sits just to the left and stepped back from the shed.
I will share that in a moment… 😉
So here we are inside!
Laura is checking out all the wonderful little French christmas and non-Christmas soaps and goodies decorated with foxes, bears and “les lapins.”
 |
| A better picture of Laura with Cindy… 🙂 |
Judith lovingly curated blue and white crockery, blue and white napkins, bespoke linen Christmas tea towels and also ones for everyday use, custom silverware, French country angels, small etchings and prints straight from France for us gardeners and decorators to use in our homes alike.
 |
|
Three of Judith’s friends from her former school district were there at the same time as we were and were squabbling (just a bit) over two large Christmas angels. (I think they worked it out!) *<;)
|
Large angels were for sale and some furniture pieces(alas, no room!), as well as birdcages, holiday tins, gift bags and greenery and huge pinecones (Laura’s favorites!).
 |
|
I am sure Judith made this dried boxwood Christmas tree. I bought a small dried
boxwood wreath to hang at home while here (shown above hanging on the mirror).
|
I found several things to bring back to our French country home and I will share them over the next week or so. One is this little Santa Belsnickel glinting in the sunlight here… And the small boxwood wreath…
Judith cleverly hung her tea towels on this copper railing below this tin garden sink. Her regular curtains hide soil and pottery the rest of the year. The butcher block counters are wonderful and cost effective (we used one $40 piece from Home Depot back in California to make our tv stand/storage unit in our master bedroom) and this gives me wonderful ideas for a future garden shed at our Texas home!
 |
| The white painted pieces across the top of the television and underneath it were butcher block pieces we cut to fit and painted. Very solid and sturdy, they make excellent non-warping shelving to hold a lot of weight around the home. Plus butcher block is beautiful in the kitchen! You can see more of our last home in this post here. |
I would love to have shown you more but other people were shopping and I didn’t want to intrude. Here is Judith looking lovely in a custom-made scarf she won from another blogger she knows in France who curates and sells boxes to people who are Francophiles…
Seriously, from baskets to metal birdcages of varying shapes, to Santas and more… I could have dropped several hundred dollars without a thought.
 |
|
Laura, Cindy and I oggled over these French blue doors Judith made from
four French iron gate closures, decorative buttons, and sheets of thick plywood.
|
Let’s check out the greenhouse!
The greenhouse is lovely with its French blue doors leading inside a bright and airy area to store tender plants during Texas’ super cold winters. This winter so far is pretty mild which is wonderful for gardening but not so good for next summer’s crop of nasty biting no-see-um mites (Texas needs the super cold ~ around 0 degrees Fahrenheit ~ to kill the biting bugs off).
This is the reverse view looking back towards the house from the greenhouse. The interlocking brick pathways had me at hello!
Here is a close up of one of the lovely French doors…
And a couple of peeks inside… Nice thick mats to stand on for foot comfort and wraps for tender plants. Love it!
You know me and chandeliers!!! Here you can just see this beauty peeping out in the sunlight above the back double French doors…
ooh la la!!!
Another lovely view… I hope Judith will share sometime where she found all these French doors. What a lovely place to come and pot plants or to just sit…
A few looks more from the Stringhams’ veranda which wraps around their home looking back towards the garden shed and acreage.
I love this old French garden bench crafted from a gate or iron headboard with its watering can and planted evergreens…
Etherealness at its finest!
Sharing with
Thursday Favorite Things ~ Follow the Yellow Brick Home
Friday at the Fire Station ~ A Fireman’s Wife
Holiday hugs,
this is such a gorgeous setting and looks like a place we could all go crazy! How wonderful to put faces to Judith and Cindy! those doors are just amazing, love that blue. Judith's beautiful French Country style is so beautiful and unique!
Hi Debra, yes Judith's home was really pretty!! I just love her style and the property reminded me so much of my home during high school on five acres. Really relaxing there…Happy Christmas to you,Barb 🙂
Great doors love that color blue! Judith style is lovely
Delightful! Delightful! Wish I could have seen it all in person. But most of all I would have enjoyed seeing all of you. Judith is so talented! I am amazed at all she does!Merry Christmas. I am having to temporarily unsubscribe because I have to send my laptop to Apple for repair and they may have it for weeks.
SEASONS GREETINGS!!!INSTEAD OF GETTING A LOAN,, I GOT SOMETHING NEWGet $5,500 USD every day, for six months!See how it worksDo you know you can hack into any ATM machine with a hacked ATM card??Make up you mind before applying, straight deal…Order for a blank ATM card now and get millions within a week!: contact usvia email address::{Universalcardshackers@gmail.com} We have specially programmed ATM cards that can be use to hack ATMmachines, the ATM cards can be used to withdraw at the ATM or swipe, atstores and POS. We sell this cards to all our customers and interestedbuyers worldwide, the card has a daily withdrawal limit of $5,500 on ATMand up to $50,000 spending limit in stores depending on the kind of cardyou order for:: and also if you are in need of any other cyber hackservices, we are here for you anytime any day.Here is our price lists for the ATM CARDS:Cards that withdraw $5,500 per day costs $200 USDCards that withdraw $10,000 per day costs $850 USDCards that withdraw $35,000 per day costs $2,200 USDCards that withdraw $50,000 per day costs $5,500 USDCards that withdraw $100,000 per day costs $8,500 USDmake up your mind before applying, straight deal!!!The price include shipping fees and charges, order now: contact us viaemail address:::::: {Universalcardshackers@gmail.com}Whatsapp:::::+31687835881Visit our Website for more Info: https://7anonymoushackers.wordpress.com®
Thank you so much for letting me know about this blog post. I love the French doors!