have her own tea room for several years now.

This week the three room cottage called `Mrs. T.'s Victorian Tea Room, opened to the public.

The rooms, which are dressed in pale pinks, represent a Victorian look. The colour is also soft on the eyes.

Each room, which has its own look and appeal -- doll room, Royal family, and Christmas festive -- house her extensive collection of lace, tea cups, dolls, pictures, framed doilies and other collectables.

The doll house room, which is called Lucy's room, consists of dolls and tea pot stencils. It is bright and cheerful and like the other rooms offers a lot for people to see.

The next room is the Royal room which contains a collection of memorabilia from the Royal Family.

Mrs. Terceira said she has always liked the Royal family therefore, pictures of the Royals hang on the walls along with Mrs. Terceira and her family posed with her late husband Maurice after he received an MBE.

The third room is a festive Christmas theme with Santa Claus, Christmas lights and lovely trinkets in greens and reds.

All the tea cups, the tables and chairs -- some made of mahogany, and the decorations either came from Mrs. Terceira, her family and friends or from auctions.

She said the idea to open a tea room had been in her head for many years.

"I guess it started after Bellfield-In-Somerset closed 20 years ago. It was owned by Sir Jeffrey Astwood and I said that some day I wanted to pick the idea up. Mrs. Terceira said Bellfield was a place where everyone went for lunch and tea, -- "you always took your guests there.

"It was a Victorian tea room decorated in antique and mahogany. I guess I modelled my tea room after it.'' She added: "I went to auctions to collect things and picked up antiques. I started getting the cottage together last April and I was able to work at my own pace. I have really enjoyed doing it since I have had the ideas in my head for so long. I was finally able to put them into action.'' Mrs. Terceira said she wanted the tea room to be in a house away from Hamilton, "we decided to use the home where my husband was raised.

"My friends have given me things and a lot of items in the tea room come from my own personal collection of bottles, dolls, china and tea cups some of which came from my mother and my aunt.'' She added that tea rooms have become quite popular, as they tend to be more intimate.

"Coffee houses are really growing around the world but I think coffee means business, you have tea with best friends and coffee with business associates.'' At Mrs. T.'s Victorian Tea Room guests can choose from several popular choices of tea and everyone can get a pot versus just a cup.

"There is real linen on the tables and there are real tea napkins for afternoon tea which is from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.,'' Mrs. Terceira said.

She added: "I have also collected doilies with words on them that hang through out the rooms.

"I started collecting lots of things in the hope that one day I would have a tea room to decorate with.'' She added: "It is definitely a dream come true, a few people were surprised that this has actually come through, but my friends have been helping out and some of them will be serving customers.'' Mrs. Terceira said the tea room, which will have collectables on sale, will also have some Bermuda and English foods such as codfish cakes, Sheppard's pie, two salads, and a few sandwiches.

There will also be a choice of several desserts, which will always consist of a slice of cake, scones, jams, and clotted cream.

"I have a baker who will be making fresh homemade Johnny Bread with syllabub (guava jelly with sherry and cream).'' She added: "I think locals and visitors will support me because there is a need for a tea room between here and Dockyard.

"My tea room is homey, you feel like you're having tea in your own home.'' Mrs. T.'s Victorian Tea Room is not hard to find, just look for the tea pot sign next to the Port Royal Esso station.