Happy Blue - Historic District Downtown

Welcome to Happy Blue! Come experience the finest of “Southern Hospitality”. Our renovated 1903 Craftsman cottage/bungalow is located in the lovely heart of our historic neighborhood, right where all the action of HGTV’s Home Town is happening! You are just a hop, skip, or short walk away from downtown Laurel where you will find shopping, restaurants, events and so much more. “Our home is full of happy and full of fun! “ Inquire about pets, or children. Welcome to Laurel and our fun comfy home! My happy self shows thru and thru with my own design, renovation and splashing of colors from top to bottom inside and out in our bungalow cottage! During your stay with us, our home is your home! We have plenty of large living areas including living room, family room, dining room, and kitchen. There are three bedrooms and two full bathrooms. Our front porch is everyone’s favorite and our back deck and yard is so relaxing. The pictures and descriptions accurately represent our cottage. Our guests always tell us, It is so so so much better than your beautiful professional pictures! Our entire home is full of southern charm. From the moment you open our front screen door on our true southern front porch with a porch swing, to all the way through our cottage into the backyard, it just says “come on in and make yourself at home.” Welcome to my home town of Laurel! Backyard - We have a spacious fenced garden area with a fun swing set and climbing platform, and a patio with table and chairs for you to enjoy. A small grill is available. A decked balcony is ready for your use, with a sofa and chairs that are in the shade with a pergola that makes you feel like you are sitting right up in the trees. Front yard- It is spacious with the best front porch ever that includes the most comfortable porch swing. There is plenty of additional seating as well. Great for people watching! Our home -The pictures truly represent our happy space. We are also crazy fun collectors, and always have some kind of project going on! We offer a coffee and tea bar. Feel free to use any kitchen items while enjoying our home including any appliances, refrigerator etc. We recently have dedicated space in Happy Blue to all things Laurel to help give you some suggestions on things going on, things to do etc. We would love to share with you any info and answer any questions that you might have. We appreciate any conversation or communication to make your stay while you are here the best ever, a five star stay . Happy Blue is our beloved cottage that is all yours while you are here. Please feel free to park in the driveway. We have two tiny houses in the backyard, for our use as well as guest hosting. We are only a second away if you should need anything! There is a separate entrance and parking area for those for less disruption. . If you are celebrating a special occasion, we would be more than happy to help. Please just let us know. We recently have added some creative experiences for folks if you want to put your feet up and rest for a few minutes here at Happy Blue. . From offering a tea party or picnic to go, to offering some great beverages, charcuterie boards or homemade porch snacks for having your own little porch party, Sitting outside on the front porch enjoying Laurel and HomeTown with some special southern fixin’s would be so much fun! We will always have something available for you! Just ask upon booking or arriving! Many thanks again for choosing Happy Blue! We look forward to sharing our Southern Hospitality with you. Please inquire with us about pets, it never hurts to ask! Spacious front yard Fenced spacious back yard with fun play set. Screened in front porch, shaded back deck Kitchen, family room, dining room, living room and laundry room. Three bedrooms and two full bathrooms. Since this is our personal house, we have marked our personal areas with little red heart tags and we ask you respect those areas. Available at all times! Since we have done all of our own design renovation and decorating, if you have any questions, we would be more than happy to chat with you about it. Covid has changed our world in the last year. We take great precaution in our hosting and in our home. If there is an issue we would like to address it immediately rather than not be made aware of it and have an unhappy guest! We are always available to meet but respect social distancing, wearing masks, etc. it is totally up to you to let us know what you would like or need. We look forward to connecting with you at anytime during your stay. We have tiny houses in the back yard where we stay when our house is occupied. We did that specifically so that if guests needed anything we were close by. We are to ourselves , have our own very busy lives and we respect your privacy. The most you might see of us is coming and going out of the back gate or doing yard work to keep it looking nice. Also something else important, When making your reservations, please be sure to include the accurate number of guests in your party so we can be prepared as we love to be and you will have peace of mind knowing all will be taken care of. A accurate number is key to us giving you a terrific stay. We do represent our home accurately to maximize your comfort while staying in “Happy Blue”. Air BnB requires the correct number of guests several days before check in. Very easy to update for you the guest within your reservation. If you arrive with more guests than registered, please communicate this to Air BNB immediately as this can easily escalate to be a serious challenge with your stay. We want everyone to be a happy guest with us and be well taken care of The historic district is home to the most beautiful homes, tree lined streets, parks and a great downtown. We love seeing all the renovating and creating that HGTV’s “Home Town” has brought. Folks here are a special kind of southerner. We are excited! Great shopping, food and fun in downtown is just a few steps away! We are also a couple of blocks from the Amtrak train. We are right in the heart of everything going on here in Laurel! You will love it! You can walk or drive to anywhere you want in the downtown area. Fun places to visit during your stay is Laurel Mercantile, Sweet Something’s Bakery, Knight Butcher, Lee’s Coffee House, Pearl’s Diner, Mimo’s , Southern Antiques, Shug’s, the Rusty Chandelier, Lauren Rogers Museum, the Scotsman General Store, the 5000 food truck, Peddlers Junction, The Loft, The Bird dog Cafe, the Blue Crab, to name just a few. Everyday there are more and more. Always look at Laurel Mainstreet’s website for local happenings as well as the Jones County Ms chamber website. Laurel has so much to see and love and new things are popping up daily! If we can do anything for you or answer any questions at all during your stay please message us. We are connected and available so do not hesitate! If you have a question or need something contact us immediately during your stay. We want you to have the best stay ever. It is an Air Bnb standard to send you a review on how you enjoyed your stay. As a host we receive one on you as well. Air Bnb asks you to be objective factual not subjective opinion. Please remember those meanings can be so easily confused. They are actually opposites. Objective sticks to the facts and Subjective has personal feelings. Since the meaning can be easily confused be objective not subjective. An objective example might be we found no coffee in the house but it was listed as an amenity. A subjective example would be I did not like the coffee flavors they had. Remember when doing guest reviewing, air bnb is looking for factual things to address as well. Objective would be The guess did not register all the guests that stayed in the house versus subjective which might be one of the registered guests looked unhappy. This is very important. If you are here celebrating something special, if we can be of help in anyway please let us know! Please consider our home is your home. Also please remember this is a well loved lived in home. It is actively lived in when we do not have air bnb guests. If for some reason you find you need to move the furniture around etc. please put it back before you leave. For closet space, We have provided clothes trees and luggage racks for you to use as well as a hallway closet is available. We would ask that you not go into our personal closets etc. In the kitchen of course help yourself into cabinets etc. we have left info signs in there. Feel free to use any refrigerator/freezer space, just use things as if they were your own. WiFi password is goldenchild1