Love the light grey walls with the overall Shabby Chic/French theme of this small tea room. The sideboard buffet has country scenes painted on each of its door panels.
Last week I accidentally got turned around on the roads in Richardson and heading towards the Univ. of Texas {again… Lol!} after I picked up our mail.
As I was driving down this road, I suddenly
remembered that some new friends had mentioned that there were some tearooms right around this area.
Pulling into a parking lot, I quickly googled
“tearooms in Richardson” then finding that the
Chocolate Angel popped up right away ~
it was literally a half-mile away
on the same road.
🙂
Having not visited a tearoom in ages nor having given a
tea in a while I jumped at the chance to “take tea.”
{yesterday’s quick post w/ pics}
Sorry this is so dark! Because it was shot “live” on my iPhone… my computer wouldn’t let me correct the lighting.
The doorway I entered took me into the bakery portion
and a smaller tearoom set off to the side
{this is where I had tea}.
A larger main tearoom has its entry further to
the left in the little strip mall
taking reservations and seatings
at particular times.
One of the staff members said that
afternoon tea had a seating
that day at 3:30pm.
More of an actual high tea,
the afternoon seating is by reservations
and costs $22.00.
I decided to just have an early dinner
in the smaller bakery tearoom instead.
The main tea room ~ decorated in soft neutrals of grey, white, brown with a hint of black. The style is Victorian with a Nordic French feel. Just lovely!
The Texas Pie Company ~ Kyle, Texas Now here’s a Piece of Pie!
You know how sometimes you’ve just
gotta see something to know
that it’s REALLY BIG? Well…
Everything IS bigger in Texas!!! Like this great sign for the Texas Pie Company.
Next time I get out to Kyle to see our daughter I hope to go there for lunch! And every time we drove by I wanted a piece of pie… 😉
Okay, except for this little rabbit…
An employee of the hotel we stayed at near Kyle, Texas had found this rabbit in distress during the intense heat wave and had saved him. I am happy to report this little rabbit was doing well and had been with this young man for two weeks at this point ~ living comfortably on vegetables, water, kitten formula and grass.
Then there were the silos…
Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Market at the Silos
were definitely huge! A fun place to visit with swings out in the “backyard” for young and old alike to swing on and featuring a wonderful gift shop inside the main building. You can’t beat the place for atmosphere!
At Buc-eesan enormousgas station like I’ve never seen
before… I found these darling wooden crosses and painted birdhouses!
These houses for feathered friends aren’t small either as you can tell from the birdhouses atop the green painted table. I really liked the weathered paint look and the pressed~tin roofs and metal decorations!
Of coursecoming to Texas I wanted to capture a photo or two of this great state’s iconic flag! We kept seeing Big Texas Flags but somehow just missed being able to snap a photo. {Probably because we were whizzing by at 70mph… hmmm?} I had set the shutter speed set to 4000 for this shot. My daughter shot this one following the flags backwards behind her (to miss getting the window frame in the photo) as I was driving. Here is Amy’s photograph! So glad to share this with you!
This beautiful American flag I also wanted to share…
In honor of the fallen in Dallas.
Big magnolias ~ had to share this one as I love magnolias having had a magnolia tree at our first house…
These faux blooms are also available at Magnolia Market.
And finallyBig Smiles!
Our Yoda was happy to be with his mom and dad traveling everywhere we went.
Vereins Kirche ~ originally built in 1847 but torn down after the 50th anniversary of Fredericksburg’s founding, was rebuilt in 1934 to honor the first German settlers of Fredericksburg, Texas.
Continuing in our travel series
Places to Visit
I thought we’d go and explore the
Texas Hill Country town
of
Fredericksburg, Texas…
Love the old “false~fronts” on these 1870’s brick buildings here!
Fredericksburgis a lovely restored town with
many places to shop including antique shops, restaurants, and
old five~and~dimes like the one shown above.
Per Wikipedia, Fredericksburg “was founded in 1846 and
My daughter shot this as we were driving by and Mom is calling out, “Amy, get that!” She was shooting a bunch of photos for Mom that day… Happily, she captured the Gaines’ cool sign!!! 🙂
Today I thought I should get around to sharing inside
Magnolia Market ~ The Silos
owned by
Chip and Joanna Gaines
of HGTV fame.
If you remember, I first shared a hint about going to
The Silos
when I shared this gorgeous restroom
Joanna and her team created
which is just inside the bakery
which is to the right and front of The Silos themselves.
That post was called:
Shopping at… HGTV’s Magnolia Farms!
You can find that post
Here
🙂
Love this sweet saying up on the wall!
Here’s The Silos “backyard” with little resting chairs and lost of swings for keeping young and old happy and entertained!
Lots of people were shopping that day…
Apparently, The Silos had just opened
so…
It was really a blessing at all and probably a
God thing
{Thank you, Lord! :)}that we just happened to be there when they
were only
opened for just a few weeks.
I had received an email from
Magnolia Farms
but hadn’t thought a thing about it or going
since I had no idea where we would be in Texas
or when, for that matter.
🙂
The checkout counter
Love all the industrial lighting, the cement counters on the fixtures…
Okay, I have to admitI went crazy taking photos
but I wasn’t the only crazy person there shooting photos
of this and that, so I feel okay about that!
I left one of my
French Ethereal
cards so they could see how their store turned out from this end.
Hope they like it!
Call me Chip or Joanna if you’d like me to share some photos! ~
Wouldn’t THAT be a hoot!?
I featured this wonderful cotton~on~the~vine wreath on my FB page…
I could have taken home one of everything
but of course
we live in our Tiny Home now
and not all that would fit.
I bought a couple of Magnolia Farms tea towels,
three kitchen timers that are
the cutest!!!
That’s for another post…
😉
Ooooh! Loved this creamware… sigh!
The staff had all these little rosemary and lavender soaps put out.
Prices were good and Joanna has created a candle that was moderately priced and the scent was heavenly!
Alas, burning candles in our Tiny House
is a No No…
Outside?
Yes!!!!
I ended up buying two of the Magnolia Farms hats ~
one for Hubby and one for my father~in~law
as they both have enough t-shirts.
🙂
I know this is hard to see but these carved wooden
blocks are pedestals…
Couldn’t you just see this on your table
with books, a candle
and perhaps some flowers
on top??
sigh!
And, of course the trademark
magnolias! There’s more to share but that’ll have to be
for another day. This post has been pretty long already.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this little tour
inside
Magnolia Market ~ The Silos!
I do hope you get to go sometime or at the very least
visit their shop online.
I’ll be sharing soon about the other things I found
and those cute kitchen timers three!!!
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