Most Recent Project....the master

In the last couple weeks I have been chugging along on the master bedroom. The walls were in bad shape and needed some TLC.

This is how the bedroom looked this past winter. All warm and snuggly.

Mr. Savvy snapped this when I was painting. I painted the walls one shade lighter from Davenport Tan to Alexandria Beige by Benjamin Moore Paints and it only took one coat, thank goodness.

Not a huge change and you probably wouldn't even notice it standing in the room if I didn't tell you.

Of course, when a big project is being done the other rooms in the house become a temporary dumping ground.

The mister had so much stuffed crammed in his armoire and I went through it and thinned a lot of it out before putting the room back together.

The carpet has been replaced and Mr. Savvy cut places in the old carpet and fixed our squeaking floor before the new carpet was installed. You can see the cut squares where he worked. If you follow me on facebook then you saw a peek at the new carpet. I was going to replace the carpet next year, but was able to nag talk him into it this year to go with the fresh paint job.

Here is a peek at my new lamps from Home Goods.

Summer bedding has been put back on the bed.

Art work has been switched.

I decided not to hang the cheap starburst mirror back over the bed. So I am on the hunt for something different and hopefully I will know when I see it.

More to come soon.

Do you have any projects going?

Have a super week!

Vintage Copper

What do you do when it is raining and stormy out and you had no sleep the night before due to constant lightening and thundering all night loooooooong? Well, apparently I get the hankering to polish my copper collection while still in my pajamas.

 I love finding vintage copper molds.

 I have never paid a fortune for any of my pieces. I just keep looking for ones without a huge price tag.

 Some have been scored at antique malls and some on ebay.

 One of my favorites is this rooster mold that I found on ebay and it was very tarnished.

 This cider scoop was found at a local antique mall and it is a solid piece.

 I showed these to you before after Susan from Maple and Magnolia blog was so sweet to buy and mail these to me when she found them while shopping. These are vintage European measuring cups. They also were very tarnished and cleaned up nicely.

I have several pieces hanging from my pot rack.

I love the look of tarnished copper, but wanted to see what these look like all cleaned up. Now I will sit back and let them tarnish again.

I am looking forward to a good night's sleep.

Oh, and I used Brasso to clean with.

Maybe This Year

I have been dreaming of a garden shed/green house for years,  I have begged pleaded nagged Mr. Savvy every spring and summer and still nothing. There is hope that maybe this year is the year. I  think he may be finally caving.

Here are some inspiration that I have been pinning.

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You see, we have over thirty old windows, that we have replaced on our house, saved in a storage room under the sunroom. So we could do something like this.

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It doesn't have to be all glass. It could have beautiful old doors like this one. Love the ladder planter.

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It might be rustic inside or it may have vibrant colors.

Tone on Tone

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Home is Where the Boat Is

One of my favorite sheds is Mary's at Home is Where the Boat Is. She does a fabulous job of styling it for the holidays and change of seasons. 

Mr. Savvy certainly can build it since he has built four homes and has done a lot of the work himself. Now, if I can just get him to take a break from his car that he is restoring.

Maybe this year.

You can see more of my garden sheds pinterest board here.

Let's Go Shopping

My sponsor, Farmhouse Decor is having a sale now thru the end of the month. 

There are cute postcard pillows.

Or maybe some burlap ones.

How about a set of willow trays. These can be used in so many ways.

How about  a bottle tree or even the mason jars?

Need some chalkboards?

There is so much more. 

Everything that is in stock is 20% off. Just use the code FARMHOUSEMAY20.

So hop on over to The Farmhouse Decor Shop and shop from the comfort of your home.

Happy weekend!

My Favorite Room.....The Lilypad Cottage

Hey Savvy Southern Readers, I'm Kelly and I blog over at The Lily Pad Cottage about all things creative. I'm so excited to share my favorite spot today with you. My favorite room is kind of our everything room. We built our cozy lake house in 2010 and I knew I wanted the lower level to be one big space where everything could happen (and just about everything does with a 5 year old, a 2 year old...and white furniture!)

This is our living room, perfect for lazy Sundays, which happen rarely - you are more apt to find some crazy toddlers dancing on the ottoman or building pillow forts with their Dad.

 
I love all our built-in bookshelves, and am constantly rearranging them with fun vintage finds.

 





We love to open our windows and let the breeze off the lake in, it is so peaceful here...during nap time anyways!

Right off the living room is the kitchen, which is great, because I can be part of the dance party while I cook...and make sure no one is scaling the bookcases...


That's our pup, Buddy Cuddles (we let my daughter pick his name, it was almost Twirly Whirly - phew!) he camps out in the kitchen and saves me a lot of time with the vacuum.

 

Our dining area is over on the other side of the living area and we love to eat here and watch the boats go by.

Thanks so much for hanging out in my favorite spot today, I'd love it if you stopped by The Lily Pad Cottage sometime to see what projects I'm up to, you can also take the rest of my home tour here.

 Thanks again Kim for having me!

Oh, that beautiful view. I do believe I could sit there for hours. Thanks, Kelly for sharing it with us.

Y'all will love the rest of Kelly's home so be sure and get comfy and pop on over.

You can see all the rest of the favorite rooms here.

Have a stupendous weekend!