Week 2 One Room Challenge

Well, week 1 sure flew by in a hurry. Here we are in Week 2 of The One Room Challenge. I spent most of this week devising a plan of attack. If you didn’t get a chance to take a look at my mood board and the before photos of the front room, swing back to week 1 to have a look.

If you are just joining in, I’m participating in a design challenge ‘The One Room Challenge‘, where you transform a space in just 6-weeks. Visit their site to learn more.

Choosing Paint Colors

I am very excited to partner with Sherwin-Williams to help transform this space. I gathered a bunch of samples that caught my eye, to try in the front room. There is so much natural light I didn’t want something that would get washed out.

Choosing colours is my favourite job, as I’m not afraid to make a splash.. However, the job gets a bit tougher when your furniture, area rug, and fabric are all in transit. I narrowed things down to these Sherwin-Williams colours-

• Palm Leaf SW 7735
• Gambol Gold SW6690
• Daffodil SW6901
• Comical Coral SW6876
• Intimate White SW6322

The Feature Wall

I wanted to do some type of wall treatment, and had settled on board and batten when I first started to think about the space. But then I realized with all the windows there wouldn’t be much point. I decided to give a wall stencil a try. I’ve never used a wall stencil, let alone create one, Ha, first time for everything, right?! I found a tutorial from Brooke at All Things Thrifty sharing how to make a large format stencil, so I decided to jump in, all or nothing.

Product Sourcing

This week there has been Ia fair amount of time spent sourcing product for my ORC space. I fell down a rabbit hole of chairs, light fixtures, and area rugs. Wow, there are a lot of choices out there. How do you feel about buing big ticket items online?

I also hit a few thrift shops this past weekend looking for a side chair. I had an idea of what I was looking for, but when I came across this guy for $20, I couldn’t resist. I can’t wait to rip the dirty fabric off and make something pretty.

It seems I haven’t made a lot of progress this week. I’m going to make it happen this week! Check back next week at the mid challenge point to see how far I’ve come with my space.

Be sure to check out the One Room Challenge link-up post to get inspiration from over 300 designers working on a space as well.