Binky La Faye

**Warning**  This is going to be a long post and some of the pictures may cause you to do things you normally wouldn't, like book a flight to Texas just to see this shop:

I cannot even begin to explain how excited I was this weekend to be able to say that I was at Binky La Faye's shop in Llano Texas.  The moment I pulled up and saw her shop from the front door I could tell it was going to be a beautiful shop.  Well, once inside I almost couldn't contain myself, then a voice in the corner says, hello Theresa.  I'm thinking I don't know anyone in Llano and then I realized it was Felicia Blair of Bountiful who is in Lonestar's Antique Mall in Ft. Worth.  It was so good getting to see her and visit with her while I browsed all the yumminess in this place. 

Oh my if you could have seen it in person, you would have been so amazed.  At every turn there was vignette after wonderful vignette.  I will try to show it to you in pictures, but if you can you have to experience this delightful place in person.  Okay, here goes:

A wide view of one side of the shop just as you walk in to the right:

And as you went into this room here's what you could find:



Here's another view of it:



Loved how she wallpapered the walls with book pages:



More great things:

She had some of the best mannequins I'd seen:

Ready for Easter Dinner:

Don't you know I loved this awning:

Another cute vignette:

And more as you looked throughout the store:

Great repurposed lamp shade:

Loved this:

A view from the inside of the display window:

Here's the window that greeted me and made me want to run into the store:

See what I mean by the outside area:

There's Ron, Binky's Husband, with Felicia:

Hope you enjoyed the first tour, there's more to come:

I would love to have met Binky, but she was at a Home and Garden show that was in town.  Binky is so super talented.  She decorates the Homestead Store in Fredericksburg and she's been in Mary Englebright's Home Book, Leading The Artful Life.  The story on her and her daughter on page 82 is my favorite one.  Stay tuned for Part II later this week of the store and I'll also show you another shop that I visited.  Hope you all have had a great weekend!