Hey friends! It’s week 5 of the One Room Challenge and frankly, I didn’t really make progress this week. Once the paint went up on the walls last week, I started having misgivings… It was looking a whole lot more blue than I’d expected. And I wasn’t sure I was feeling it. And then this…

Hey friends! It’s week 4 of the One Room Challenge and the walls are finally painted. Really, there’s no reason painting should take this long but somehow it did. I took two trips to Home Depot this week for supplies: paint and chair rail. The paint colors are looking great! I’m using black on the…

In week 3 of my One Room Challenge project, not a whole lot of physical labor happened. It was mostly pivoting, shopping, and planning. In a nutshell — a few of the items I’d planned to purchase for the room were sold out. Key items. Womp womp. Pivoting Obviously I needed to change course. The…

In week 2 of my One Room Challenge project, I’m tackling the thorny question of: How do you arrange furniture around a corner fireplace? This is the second living room I’ve had with a corner fireplace — and they can pose a real layout challenge! TBH, I don’t even know why there are athing, sigh….

Hey friends! I can’t believe it’s finally here — week 1 of the One Room Challenge! This will be the fifth time I’ve participated. I must be nuts, ha. In case you’re not sure what the ORC is, it’s a twice-yearly challenge that any designer or DIYer can join to makeover a room (or space)…