Blue and White for Christmas

I came to the conclusion last summer that my need to have new tile in the powder room shower was not high on Mr. Bill's priority list.

I resigned myself that change was not imminent and decided to embrace the blue.

This blue tile has been a trial to me for about 12 years.
Even though this hasn't been my favorite tile, I have been fortunate in that there has almost

 always been a trendy scheme that goes with my tile. 

blue and white

blue and yellow

Robin's Egg blue and brown

I got sick of the brown last summer so I pulled it all out.

I went with classic blue and white again.

I wondered if I would put the brown back in for the cooler months but I've decided to keep the blue and white for the winter.

I added a few Christmas things to make it festive.

 

I found the blue velvet wire edged ribbon at the thrift store. The original sticker showed that it came from my favorite antique mall. They had downsized to a smaller space and had donated oodles of their ribbon. 

I found the stocking in a tote of blue ornaments from a tree I did a few years ago.
I love it again.

I am wild about the bottle brush tree in the blue willow cup.  

  I made a new blue scarf for the snowman.  The paperwhite came from Pottery Barn last winter. I have some real bulbs planted in pots but they won't be ready until January.  

As I was getting the room ready to photograph, I looked in the votive holders and found dog hair. Someone please tell me how that dog's hair gets inside a votive?

 I apologize to anyone who has been over and noticed it before I did. 

I am pleased with how the powder room turned out.

Another thing checked off the list. 

Sprinkled with blue and white 

and 
Christmas greenery,
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