The first week of The One Room Challenge™ flew by and thankfully we’ve been motivated and were able to check a lot of projects (or parts of projects) off of our to-do list.
Last week I shared the before pictures and plans for our Eclectic Botanical Farmhouse Family Room.
This week we:
- installed (faux) shiplap on the walls surrounding the fireplace.
- built and installed window cornice. They are sanded and caulked and are ready for paint!
- patched together the 4′ x 6′ scatter rugs we picked up at HomeGoods.
- painted the end tables.
- began building (and will hopefully finish tonight) a barn wood bench for behind the sofa.
AND, last but not least,
- rolled out our new rug from eSaleRugs!!
A big thank you to our sponsor, eSaleRugs for providing our new 9’x12′ rug. We desperately needed something larger that didn’t look dwarfed in this rather large room. I’ll be sharing the details of the rug next week. I can tell you I love it and am glad this is the rug I selected. It’s not too thick and it’s super soft!
So,
Here’s where we stand on our to-do list:
install shiplap walls surrounding fireplace- install built-in shelving and bench seating surrounding fireplace
- paint shiplap and built-ins
- source plug-in wall sconces to flank fireplace
- build console table for wall beside french doors
build farmhouse style bench to place behind the exposed section of sofabuild, install,& paint window cornices- swap out curtains
patch together 2, 4’x6′ rugs to place in front of french doors- paint sunroom and bathroom doors
- refinish art file
- paint tufted chair upholstery
refinish end tables- refinish or replace coffee table
replace too small rug- source matching accent chairs for in front of fireplace
- add decorative wood trim to built in entertainment cabinet
- sew a few new pillow covers
“plant” silk fiddle leaf fig- pull together finishing touches (aka rearrange, buy, or DIY decor)
Join us next Thursday for another update. Additionally, feel free to stop over at the Calling It Home blog to see the progress of all the other ORC participants. There were a TON of amazing room plans shared last week and I can’t wait to see how everyone’s projects are coming along!
Thank you so much to our Spring 2017 ORC sponsors eSaleRugs and Best Home Fashion.
Wow! You got a lot done. Love what I’m seeing!
Thank you Leslie. 🙂
That cornice looks great! Can’t wait to see once it’s painted!
Thanks Kate. My husband did a great job. I’m so happy with how they came out.
LOVE that esale rug and i am impressed with your progress!
Thanks Cassie! We’ve been trying to knock out more projects on the front end this time so we don’t end up having to cram and stress in the last week like some previous ORC’s.
Loving your progress! And that rug! swoon! I’m hopping over to their site now. Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to more! Susie from The Chelsea Project
They have tons of fabulous rugs!!! I’ll be showcasing some of my favorites next week.
Love that rug! Your cornice looks amazing!
Thanks Emy! I love the pattern on this rug. It is fabulous!
Looking forward to seeing more progress!
Thanks Shannon.
Love the rug and especially the window cornice!! You got a lot done this week!
My husband gets major points for all his hard work this week. He knocked these cornices out in several hours and did an amazing job!
So nice to have cooperative and handy hubs who will make what you ask him to when you ask him. Love cornices, think are special embellishment worth the work when all is said and done. Maybe someday will catch hubs in right mood to inspire him to make some for me for l/r and our bedroom windows. Would be very happy with just that many, two per room, sigh.
Oh do I love pattern on that rug, happy you found what you wanted and how nice of eSalerugs to provide it.
Have yourselves a wonderful Easter
🙂 Thanks JaneEllen! He’s a keeper!
Can’t wait to see the finished cornice. I’ve been thinking about DIYing a simple cornice for the windows in our main level, but it’s just one of those projects that keep falling down the list!
Thanks Brittany! I’ve been wanting cornices and am so happy to finally get them done. They make such a difference.
That rug looks spectacular. I can’t wait to see it in the space. Also, your window valances are brilliant and bring such a high end look to a window. Bravo. Great work so far. Looking forward to seeing more.
Thanks Sue! I am so pleased with the rug!!
The rugs are so pretty and I like the stone with the shiplap!
Thank you Lora.
So much great progress, I love that big rug!
Thank Jessica!
love that rug! I’ve heard so many great things about esalerugs I’m going to have to check it out!
This is our first experience with eSaleRugs and so far so good! The rug arrived literally in 2 days and it’s just as pictured online!!
whew you got a lot done! All these pieces look great 🙂
Thanks Casey. 🙂