Fall in the online design world means it’s time for another round of the One Room Challenge™.
If you’ve never heard of the ORC it’s a biannual challenge where bloggers and designers around the web complete a room redo over the span of 6 weeks. On Wednesday’s there is a selection of featured designers who share their progress and on Thursday’s Linda of Calling It Home (the originator of the ORC) hosts a linkup where anyone from around the web can jump in and share their own ORC rooms.
This will be the 5th time we are jumping in as a linking participant!! We first started participating in the challenge in Fall 2014.
It’s fun to look back at the spaces this challenge has pushed us to accomplish.
Fall 2014 | Boys Bedroom | Design Plans + Reveal
Spring 2015 | Dining Room | Design Plans + Reveal
Fall 2016 | Foyer | Design Plans + Reveal
Spring 2017 | Family Room | Design Plans + Reveal
My plan for this go-around was to tackle one of the still yet unfinished spaces in our fixer upper. I was thinking about the mudroom, sunroom, or living room/to-be studio.
BUT,
- seeing as how our little people just keep growing
- and the baby is now over 3 (what??!)
- he now needs a big boy bed
- which means completely changing the furniture and layout of their shared room
We have decided to circle back around and redo the boys’ room again!
We’re ditching almost all of the existing furniture in order to accommodate two twin beds. We actually found a set of spindle beds (headboards + footboards) on the side of the road during our community bulk trash. Since we have the issue of miss-matched rails to contend with we will most likely be painting the bed frames. I have a black bed frame pictured in the design board below but I’m also tossing the idea of white or colored frames as well. Let me know what you think we should go with!
We do plan to keep some of the same decor elements so we don’t have to start 100% from scratch BUT even the things that are staying may look completely different 6 weeks from now [I’m looking at you paint!]. First and foremost we’re ditching the green trim. Our oldest still loves the color green but he isn’t as into it as he used to be. I also love the idea of brightening, lightening, and neutralizing the space a bit to provide a space for the personalities and likes of both our little men. Right now we have an adventure-seeking-outdoor-loving-adrenaline-junky-wild-man and a scientific-minded-fact-finding-nature-and-bug-collecting-little-dude. With that in mind we’ll be making a space to reflect their love for natural adventure. I’m super excited to incorporate some buggy-science-lab-type-elements for our little nature-collecting-mini-entomologist-in-the-making. There may even be some live critters by the time we’re through!!
Here’s the vibe we’re going for.
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pennants | indigo ABC & number art over desks | olive green paint | spindle bed frame | cream clamp spotlight | bug print* | pinstripe storage bin in bedroom | striped sheets | mountain banner | standard goods tote | map mountain wallpaper
And, here’s some more inspiration from my boys bedroom Pinterest board…
via Studio McGee
via H&M Home Spring 2015 Collection
via Country Living
via Sf GIRL
Thanks so much for stopping in!
To see the links for all of the guest participants head here.
See you for week 2 next Thursday.
such a fun plan! can’t wait to see it come to life!
Thanks Cassie. I’m ready for a change. Can’t wait to get rid of the green trim. It make the room feel too dark. That is my first goal. I already have the paint!
Jessica, I love this plan so much and cannot wait to see how it turns out! Also, there’s still bulk trash day??? How did I not know this?
Thanks Emy! Yes, we have bulk trash in the spring and fall! I’m pretty sure this fall it’s supposed to be on November 11th!
I love all of these inspiration pictures so I know your boy’s room will be amazing!
Thank you Sherry! I hadn’t planned on redoing their room so soon but moving the little guy into a big boy bed necessitates a room redesign. At least the space is large enough to house two twin beds comfortably.
what a fun room idea!
Thank you!!
I love your plan and the inspiration for your boys’ room!! I can’t wait to see how it progresses!!
Thank you so much Susanne!
LOVE the mood board – Studio McGee is always an inspiration. Can’t wait to see how it turns out!
Yes Yes – my Pin boards are full of Studio McGee design work! Love everything they do.
Looks like it will be a great room when you’re all done! I adore that bed frame and gush over deep green paint hues.
Thank you. We totally lucked out finding a matching pair of antique spindle beds on the side of the road during our community bulk trash. I’m still undecided on what color to paint them. Black, olive green, deep teal, white?
What a great plan, this is going to look so great!
Thank you Jessica!
I love the theme and inspiration! cannot wait to see more next week!
Well my oldest came down with the stomach bug so I think I’m passing on posting this week. So here’s the abbreviated update: The trim and doors are back to white!
Insects? yes, please! This is such a cute plan. I love it.
Possibly! We’re contemplating Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches as pets!
Love your little boys personality, can’t wait to see it translated into his room!
I’m having fun trying to make sure both of our boys interests are accounted for with this room.
LOVE the inspo you’ve got. So excited to see how it all turns out
Thanks Ariel!
This is going to be so amazing! I love, love, LOVE your plans. Anything with entomologist in the mood board has my vote!
Haha. Thanks Jenny! I’m not to fond of bugs myself but my oldest boy (6) is obsessed. I am even seriously contemplating Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches as pets. He was able to hold some at a recent event at our local nature center and they were honestly pretty cool and not scary. The girl who owned them and her mom were telling us they’re easy to care for and inexpensive!
SUCH a cute theme for a boys room! I might have to borrow this idea when my boys are a little older
Thanks so much Nicole!
I seriously want ALL of it, so calm and inviting while still being textured and fun! Following along so I can steal some inspiration for when our little guy (currently baking in the belly) needs a big boy room!
LOVE this! As soon as I saw your comment on my page I knew I had to jump over and check out your ORC, this is so great.
It’s fun because we have some similar elements, but a whole different look. Can’t wait to see your finished bedroom!
Thanks Kristin.
Of course I seem to be changing my plans daily! I’ll be as surprised as everyone else with how this room actually turns out. Ha. I always have tons of plans but they seem to evolve as I go and since I rely heavily on things I can upcycle and finding deals/sales I usually take a layer-on approach.