Well it’s that time of year again…..time for the fall One Room Challenge
hosted by Linda at Calling It Home!
October 7 is the kick off of the 6 week adventure, with 20 design bloggers sharing a room transformation week by week on Wednesdays. Thursdays anyone can link up a room they want to work on, with a deadline to finish it up by Thursday, November 12.
I’ve done a few ORCs and they are GREAT motivation to get a room finished entirely (or even partly like my built in bookcase wall)!
I have a special gift for starting projects and never finishing them, just ask my poor husband about my attention span and how many “in process” projects and rooms we have around this house. Since I started working with clients on design projects, I have completely neglected my own half-done house.
(Paint samples all over our living room walls since MAY.
Paint cans are a nice accessory for a room don’t you think?)
SO….next week I am signing on to participate in this round, because I need to finish what I’ve started.
I’m making a little progress as of late!!
Hannah’s room refresh is almost done….
here is her bulletin board/statement art collage of photos I shared on IG yesterday:
FINISHED ROOM REVEAL IN THE NEAR FUTURE!
(I say that so I will actually finish her room and move on…..)
For the ORC I am going to tackle, once and for all, the most thrown together wreckage of a space in our house, my older son Peter’s room. I talked about it last FEBRUARY and now it is October and I haven’t done a single thing except make the worst and junkiest headboard in the world, the absolute bane of my design loving existence, thrown together hours before guests arrived. It’s so bad I can’t even show it to you but trust me, it’s DIY gone so very wrong.
I have mused about what to do with this room for so long…….
and who knows where it will end up,
but truly the goal of working on this space is to improve functionality for Peter.
And maybe make it look a teeny bit less like a frat house.
That’s not asking a lot of myself right?
So how about you – will you join me in the challenge so we can madly pull together embarrassing and neglected parts of our homes and finish what we started? Come on….it will be fun!
Early happy weekend my dears!
I’m off to this conference for the next few days and will see you next week!
Denise Greenwood says
I'm in! Tackling our very neglected second bathroom 🙂 Oh, and I have paint cans sitting in our living room and bathroom too, all waiting for the makeover 😉 Can't wait to see the transformation!!
Brenna Morgan says
I will be doing my laundry room. Perhaps it will make me want to do laundry more often! Oh, who am I kidding?!
Prettypracticalhome says
Lisa, you cracked me up with your headboard fail! I can completely relate–the sad remains of Claire's are in the garage still, 3 months later. Have fun at the conference this weekend, and yes, I'm in for the ORC! Wouldn't miss it!
Calypso In The Country says
I have been thinking about joining in again…let me see if I am ready to commit! Have fun in Boston!
Shelley
Cassie @ Primitive & Proper says
can't wait to see this room finished! it's going to be amazing. i love the plans for the space! and i feel you- my own house is a wreck right now as work has taken priority!
Vel Criste says
I have the same 'illness' Lisa. I can't wait to follow your progress along, I might do one too, my other son's room. Although I'm still on the fence about it. We'll see. Good luck!
Katie @ Team Skelley says
I'm in! My powder bath needs a fresh coat of paint and some updating. I really want to see the headboard, Lisa! We have all been there with design fails. In fact, last night I was trying to hang a canvas, dropped it and took a chunk out of the floor molding. Yay! I look forward to seeing your boy's room, my son is about to start middle school and is angling for a tween room so I need inspiration!
Kris Jarrett says
Can't wait to see you work your magic on Peter's room! Your ORC where you did those built-in bookcases still amazes me!
Jane Bernard says
Oh fun, Ill be following along!! I hope to do the ORC this Fall but not sure. Can't wait to see the progress 🙂
designchic says
It's going to be amazing – can't wait to follow along!!