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One Room Challenge – Week Two

April 12, 2017

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We are a week into the One Room Challenge® already and it’s time for the Week Two update.

One Room Challenge Week 2

Once again, a huge thank you to Linda from Call It Home for hosting the One Room Challenge®.


By now you’re probably familiar with my orange bedroom. If not, let me remind you.
One Room Challenge Week 2

I know what you may be thinking: how in the world did she live with this color since 2008????

One Room Challenge Week 2

Good question! But I just did.

One Room Challenge Week 2

Plus I think I just became “immune” to it.

So task numero uno was getting the room painted. And who was going to paint it? Me??? I think not. Did you see how tall that wall is above??? There’s no way I can paint that. I don’t even own a ladder tall enough for that job. Hubby? No way. He’s busy with working 10 – 12 hours days.

So I asked around and found out about Thumbtack. Have you heard of it? It’s like a Craig’s Lists for hiring someone to do just about anything.

One Room Challenge Week 2

So that’s how I found Derek. Derek agreed to paint the walls for me (which included one coat of primer and two coats of paint) for $200! The ceiling is still in good shape and didn’t need painted and I’ll paint the window trim, doors, and door trim myself to save $$$.

One Room Challenge Week 2

Derek was wonderful. I couldn’t believe how fast he got three coats of paint on these walls in less than 8 hours! It would have taken me weeks!

I chose to use a color called Ivory Dust by Valspar and I love it. It’s a soft, pretty off-white that’s perfect for a bedroom. After all of those years of living with orange I wanted a soft, soothing color.

When Derek was done painting, I just couldn’t get over how much bigger the room looked! Ahhh, the magic of paint!

One Room Challenge Week 2 Mood Board

So what’s next for this room makeover? The furniture.

The Bed

One Room Challenge Week 2

Did you see the bed that I built? It’s a beautiful farmhouse bed that I designed and built. You can see the full instructions and get the free plans over on RYOBI Nation.

(By the way, I’m giving away $300 worth of power tools to one lucky reader – enter here!)

 The Chair

Five Tips for Painting Upholstered Furniture
The upholstered rocking chair got rid of it’s orange too!
How to Paint an Upholstered Chair

Much better, dontcha think? Yup, I painted it. Have you tried that yet? It’s my first attempt at painting upholstered furniture. You can read about how I did it, my tips, and how I feel about it here.

Week Two Progress

THE PLAN (in no particular order):

  1. Get rid of the orange!
  2. Farmhouse style bed with headboard and footboard
  3. Build two side tables to coordinate with bed
  4. Find two farmhouse style table lamps and a coordinating floor lamp
  5. Paint the upholstered rocking chair
  6. New bedding
  7. Build a framed mirror
  8. Install a faux ship-lap wall behind bed
  9. Make pretty wall art
  10. New curtains
  11. Make “L” shaped window seats and create a reading nook in the “bump out”
  12. Get rid of a chest of drawers

THE BUDGET:

The goals is to keep this makeover cost under $1,000. So far I have spent $200 Derek (painter) and $212 on the wood for the bed. (Imagine what a solid wood bed with headboard, footboard, and side rails would cost!!! – you could probably add a zero onto the $212!!!)

Disclosure: I was provided with the paint for today’s post by Valspar. Thank you Brian! All words are my own. As always, I only recommend products that I use and love.

SPONSORS:

I am proud to be partnering with the following brands:

Lamps Plus / RYOBI Nation / Silk Plants Direct / Valspar / Amy Howard At Home

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    April 13, 2017 at 9:53 am

    Yes, paint does make a huge difference! I can’t believe you lived with that orange for so long. Perhaps I shouldn’t have complained so much about the you-know-what shade of brown/beige on our walls for so many years! Your bed is fantastic. I can’t believe it was only $212! Looking forward to the next update!

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