The Green Master Bedroom

Good Morning Miss Jenny!  How are you today?  I am doing much better now, not 100% yet, but much better!  Thank ya for askin!

I just wanna tell you how much I am enjoying summer school  at http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/search/label/Alphabe-Thursday

  I sure hope I am going to pass with flying colors too!  Hehe! I don't know why I was worrying so much about attending cause you sure do have some nice folks in this class too!  If you don't believe me just visit the link above to see how wonderful her class is.

 I just hope they stay nice after I show them my GREEN bedroom.  I know it ain't, oops, I meant, "isn't" for most people but I love it!  I could show you a dozen plus green things all around my house that are green but I really want to share my room.  See, it is my happy place Miss Jenny and believe it or not I really did try several greens until I got to just the right shade that I wanted.

This is when you first walk in the door.  There is lot's of window lighting in this room.  It really does change the color of these walls all day cause the sun is ever shifting over this room.

My walls are painted Parakeet from Sherwin Williams.

They look much more limey in these pictures then they really are.  As you can see I got a green armoire there too!  Naw, I didn't paint that!  I bought it exactly as it is, didn't have to do a thing to it.  It was cheap too!  Somebody told me once that green armoire clashed with the green on my walls.  Broke my heart!   I totally didn't get it, cause I personally love all shades of green!

On my bed I've got a green dust ruffle, can you see it there?  It's plaid, I made it myself.  See, I used to have a Queen bed but this here's a King bed now.  I bought this green plaid bed skirt for my Queen and I actually bought two more because they were only $5.00 each.  Why? Well, so I would have the extra plaid fabric if I needed it of course.  No mam, I wasn't trying to be sassy.   I just get excited, see, I was gonna make some pillow shams an use the plaid for a ruffle but have never gotten around to it.  Turns out, I was able to cut two of these  dust ruffles down the middle, sew them back together and make one big King size dust ruffle!  Now that was smart wasn't it?

I wanted a casual tropical look in my bedroom because that what makes me happiest.

I just have to show where some of my newest yard sale finds ended up.  When I saw those oval pictures of those hummingbirds with a peach background I knew they'd be perfect in here!  Look how wonderful they look next to my dark GREEN oval mirror I already had over my bed.

 

They have the same peach background that is on my cornice boards.  I got these cornice boards from my husbands family when they sold the house he grew up in.  I was so thrilled when I was able to use them in this house.  I've had them for some time.  They sat for 7 years in the attic of our old house cause I didn't have windows they would work on.  They are a perfect fit to my master bedroom.  Maybe one day I will change out the fabric but for now, I love it and have actually designed the whole room around this fabric!  Yes mam, that's no lie!  Look, it even has the same green in the fabric as on my walls, in the darker leaves, and a lighter green that matches my armoire too!

Look in the mirror on this photo and you can see some of why I love my cornice boards.  They have a beautiful shape.  The  yellow pillow shams I have on my bed are from our old Queen bed, they don't match my cornices exactly but have similar colors.  I have a quilt that matches the shams but will be looking for a replacement soon in a King.  I sure wouldn't mind some help on that, that's not cheating is it?

Course I had to have a few pillows embroidered from the store I used to work at!  My coworker, the embroiderer thought I was crazy when I told her I wanted that peach thread on this green trimmed linen pillow sham.  Then afterwards, she said, OMG!  I love it!  She's funny!

I'm really proud of this headboard.  When we got the new King size I needed a new headboard.  I found this at a consignment store for $40.00 It was brown so I painted it an off white color!  I think the design of the headboard looks sorta tropical, don't you?

Here's a close up of this old armoire I keep the TV and stuff in!  As I said, someone had already done all the work on this old thing to make it look pretty!  It' nothing special at all but it reminded me of those old cabinets you see in somebodies beach house!  Perfect!

It even already had these adorable crystal knobs.

And these great big pretty crystal knobs on the bottom drawers.  Oops!  I thought I already rotated that photo, guess not, just turn your head okay?  I just love me some bling!  Do you?

Here's a peek at my bling in the bathroom.  Yes mam, that is a green crystal chandelier in the bathroom!  OK, well it's most likely just glass but it sure shines like crystal.

I have it hanging right over my tub!  I'm not gonna show ya the bathroom today you'll have to see that another time.

Well that's it!  I know it's a little out there for most folks, but not for me.  This room suits me so well!  I'm not a real formal kinda gal, although I can be, and I love color.  I love a warm inviting space and a lush tropical environment.  I couldn't name this style if I tried...it's just me!

One more thing Miss Jenny, if you think photographing yellow walls is challenging just try photographing green walls with a yellow base.  Now that's for the experts!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Mary

 

On a Hot Summers Night!

  I have a tale to tell, from the great outdoors today.  It's a story that's been told many times over, and yes it's a story of before and after!

If your a regular follower you have heard me recently complain about our upstairs AC unit leaking freon and needing repair.  Well...turns out it was much bigger then just leaking freon.  It actually was going to need a new cooling coil unit..in layman terms that means big bucks! 

 The problem was the repair was going to cost quite a bit with no guarantee that the rest of the system would continue to work well with the new parts.  The system had apparently seen better days at only 10yrs old!  They sure don't make them like they used to yall!  So here's what went down..

Here's a close up of our Old Miss Upstairs unit after her breakdown.  I actually thought she looked much better then Mr. Downstairs unit next to her.  I certainly hope Mr. Downstairs didn't hear me say that!  Miss Upstairs must have agreed with me though and decided they needed to part ways.

Because this afternoon, Mr. Downstairs met a New Miss Upstairs right after Old Miss Upstairs left and invited her to move on in.  Even though she is much more petite in size he has heard she is very energy efficient and he likes how cute she looks by his side.

   

I bet before long he will probably be thinking, "How will I ever keep up with this new young thing?"

I'm certainly hoping he will figure it out and everybody can cool down again. 

I am joining Debbie and friends at http://debbie-debbiedoos.blogspot.com/

for her Before & After Party

and Susan at http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/

for Outdoor Wednesday

BEFORE

AFTER

Happy Wednesday Everyone!   Stay Cool!

Mary

My Thrifty China

Please join me and the other wonderful bloggers at these two party's today. 

http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/ for Tabletop Tuesday

and

http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/ for Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

It seems I just can't get enough of this fabulous china!  Yesterday I had to take my son out for an eye appointment and last minute school supplies.  While were out that way, my mind started screaming you must go back and get those other pieces!  You will not have this opportunity again!  So back to the resale store I went with my helper and picked up some more china to complete the set.

I got the 3 extra salad plates I had not originally wanted.   They really aren't in that bad of shape (for the price I'm paying at $2.50 each) and as it turns out they are stamped the same as the other ones I have. 

You see, there are two different stamps that I have seen on the Franciscan Ivy patterns so far.  Most everything I have is stamped like this;

However some pieces, (my salad plates) are stamped like this;

I didn't realize my salad plates do have the different stamp until I got home the other day after noticing they were different in the store, so that's also why I originally did not get them the other day.

The different stamps represent the age of the plates I guess, since this pattern has been around for so long there must have been a change in the stamping pattern.  Anyway, I decided to add the sellers last serving bowl, sugar bowl, and gravy boat to my collection. 

Serving Bowl came to $7.50

Sugar bowl came to $6.74

Gravy boat came to $6.23

This was a freebie!  It had a tag if you need it, take it!  I think she must have just put that out cause I surely would have noticed it before!  I am thinking I may need it!

Now all this adding on has caused me to rearrange the kitchen china cabinet again!  I am so running out of space and really want a hutch for the dining room, but I'll have to wait a bit longer on that.
Here's my newest swap around.

While we are looking at china cabinets let me show you one of my antique pieces in the dining room.  I use this as a hutch to store my crystal.  It really is a desk!  I like the way this looks in here and currently really need the additional storage.

On the top two shelves I keep my wedding crystal

And the bottom two shelves are filled with various other crystal items.

As you can imagine I am constantly changing out the vignettes on the top of this.

This is the way I have this set up right now.  I'm not crazy about the candle up on the little shelf.  I always feel like I need to display something on that shelf but can never find quite the right look.  It usually is empty, which works too.

On the very top I have a serving bowl, coffee pot and smaller blue bowl.  I also added my sailors most recently in the background.  I love the colors of this vignette!  One thing that has stayed the same for years on this piece is my peacock feathers.

For some reason I just absolutely adore them on this piece of furniture.

Hope you enjoyed visiting with me today and seeing my latest thrifty finds and a few vignettes.

Please be sure and leave me a comment if you come by!

Have a great day!

Mary

I got the blues..again!

Yes, that right, I'm feeling blue again and it's not all of the pretty blue color variety!  I just can't quite kick this bug to the curb!  Why is it when you are feeling awful it seems everything else goes wrong too?  I don't really want to be a whiny baby but please indulge me this time.


Let me give you the rundown of my weekend blues.  On Saturday I decided to try and rework a lamp I had added some glaze to that I wasn't satisfied with.  Originally the lamp was gold tone, and I added a Burnt Sienna glaze..way to bronzy!  So, on Fridays runabout I picked up some Mocha glaze.  I thought I could just add some on top of the other glaze to tone it down.  Well I did.  No difference, so I added some more, and this is what I ended up with.

Still too bronze, I am absolutely NOT satisfied!  I really don't want to start all over again.  Wondering at this point if an off white glaze will help. Urgghh!

Up close, it's hideous!  However, I ran out of time on Saturday to go any further.  This was a good thing because I really needed to take a break and rethink the direction to go with this one.

I ran out of time because I needed to get things ready for our Saturday evening adventure.  We were supposed be going for an evening raft up with other Sailing Club members to watch the birds.  Every year, we have Purple Martins that migrate to one island on our lake in the evenings to roost throughout the summer.  It is quite a spectator event to watch!  They are here from July through September and fly all about the area but then around dawn each evening all gather on one island to sleep for the night.


I had prepared several finger foods to share and pass amongst the boats as did others.  I also pulled together a few extras to set a table scape on our cute little cockpit table.  Here are a few things I had pulled out to use along with some trays not shown.

I was so excited about this evening and could hardly wait to get things started.  Unfortunately right at the time we all gathered at the club at 5:00pm the rains started.  At first it seemed it was going to be a light rain and we would be on our way.  Then as we were debating on leaving we saw storm number two on the horizon.  So we broke out the finger foods, beer and waited.  I didn't even pull out my cute decor, I was so bummed and just not feeling it.  Finally, the rains stopped and only three boats of us that stayed and waited it out went out for an evening sail. 

This is our newest club members, new to sailing too, they were awesome!

Here we are smack dab in the middle of the blue hour.  I did not touch this photo up a bit, isn't it beautiful?  Now if you think that one is good, just look at this next one.

This is one of our more experienced sailors, I can't wait to forward this photo to him.  He does photography too and will flip.  I didn't touch this one up at all either.  When I saw that cloud shining behind the others I knew it was going to be a great shot.  Just beautiful!

Here we three are again...

...as we sailed into the night.  It was quite a lot of fun but of course we missed the birds that night.

Then on the way home while unloading the car my cute NEW blue hurricane lanterns fell out of the car on the driveway.  Luckily they did not break, but the top on this one is quite grazed.  Urrrghh!

Between the rain, humidity, and socializing I pretty much lost my voice Saturday night and am still feeling the effects of this bug.  Sunday it was time to add this to my dose's of Tylenol and Sudafed.

 

After getting nicely medicated, I wanted to get started on my new pillows. So upstairs I went to my craft room, aka, spare room, junk room.

 

I started with the yellow pillows.  Yes, I cut my fabric on the floor!

I was making quite a nice little mess, but was getting terribly hot!

I broke my two last needles on the sewing machine, was sweating like crazy and frustrated with all the crap mess around me.  What was I thinking?  I didn't feel good and the heat was getting to me.

  Did I mention the upstairs unit on the air conditioner went out again.  We had someone come out and look and supposedly do a quick fix but it will need a major repair. We are leaking freon. The quick fix was supposed to last us another month but it didn't.  So the repair man will be here again this week.  Here is the temperature upstairs this morning.

Yes, that says 83*.  Not so bad your thinking, well, that's not in the heat of the day!  That is this AM, it only gets higher during the afternoon.  Definitely not good sewing temperatures!

I did manage to finish one yellow pillow!  I started with those first because they will look great with my blue pillows for the rest of the summer.   One down and three to go yet!  LOL!

I guess I will be off to the fabric store for more needles today, or someday this week!

I am hoping it can only get better from here right?  Now if I just would too!

I am joining Sally today @ http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/

for Blue Monday

and Susan @

 http://www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/

for Met Monday

 

Hope all of you are feeling well, staying cool, and NOT feeling so blue!

Thanks for stopping by!

Mary