Let’s just call this post what it is: a placeholder. Today was supposed to be the big One Room Challenge reveal day for my living room, but life happened. Sold out items happened. Overzealously nailed baseboards happened. I’ve done four of these and finished all of them on time — this one just wasn’t in…

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)…