The Flamingo Inn (?)

I moved the Flamingo Inn out into the dining room yesterday. I'm still cleaning and re-arranging my work room. I'm taking everything out and starting over! It's a big job but someone has to do it! :D

I took some before photos of the house so you can see what a big project it will be! I got the house on Craigslist for $45. It was all white with dark green shutters. I decided it wanted to be pink. So far I've just tried different shades of pink to get the right shade. The trim you see is for adding a second floor porch and outside staircase.


I've already started bashing this house! I couldn't resist doing something to it. I took down the stairs. They are covered with nasty green carpet. Add that to the list of things to do. Later.



You can see the interior with the previous owner's choice of colors. That will change. I do like the floors. They just need some polishing.

This is what the top of the house looked like. It seemed like there was wasted space here.



I removed the wooden triangle so I could see what was behind it. Not an easy task! This house is nailed together! I was sad to see that there is not much space in the attic. Not sure what I can do with that space?



I may have to reconsider my plans for this house? I really wanted it to become a bed and breakfast. I'm afraid it is only large enough for a single family house.

I moped around all evening since I had my heart set on that idea. I fell asleep thinking about what else it could be?

Well. I woke up this morning with another idea! How about a seafood restaurant with a bar and gift shop upstairs? I'll have to ponder that for a while. The possibilities seem endless!

Now I'm not sure where I'm going to use my two new beds? A third house maybe? :D

The Lily Dollhouse

Hope you have a beautiful day. It's back to cleaning and sorting for me! Of course I'll be thinking about what to do with that pink house out in the dining room...

Reverse Images

I learned how to do something this morning and thought I would share it with you. I found an image I liked online and saved it. Then I copied it and pasted it to my Word documents. I formatted the picture to the size I wanted and saved that.


I want to use this image for the new front door I purchased for the "Flamingo Inn Bed and Breakfast."

To get the reverse image, I opened the file with the picture, clicked "ctrl P" and opened properties, then basic. When that window is open you will see "mirror image." Click that and it will reverse your picture. I was pleasantly surprised when this worked!

Here you can see the new door with the images behind the windows. I tried printing them on window decal paper but they weren't bright enough so this is probably what I will use?

I hope you will try this. It's always fun to learn how to do something new!

I'm making a planter box for my bougainvillea plant. There is NO WAY I can make enough of them to fill six window boxes! It will probably take me all day tomorrow just to finish ONE plant!

Hope you have a good day!



Here's the link to Barbara Sabia's stained glass that Tabitha shared! Absolutely amazing!