It’s week 5 of the One Room Challenge™!!!
I can’t even believe how quickly the ORC is flying by. Next week was originally supposed to be the big reveal BUT for the first time ever the host, Linda of Calling It Home, is extending the challenge for one extra week. With so many weather related disasters recently, product shipping is taking longer and participants in affected regions may have been unable to be in their homes effectively halting progress. I think those of us who haven’t been affected are also breathing a sigh of relief for the extra week. I know I am!
So, the new reveal date will be Thursday, November 16th!
Okay. Onto the boys’ spindle beds. I gave a peek of the awesome bed frames we picked up in bulk trash when I shared the This End Up end table redo. The bed frames were in fairly good condition but did have several areas in need of wood filling, making painting the best option. The wood was also very dark which was not going to work for the lighter, brighter plan for the room.
I picked out a Valspar color called Starry Woods. I actually already had the paint chip at our house because I had it in mind for another project but I took it up to the boys’ room and loved how it looked in there. That and the name had me completely sold!
You guys! I LOVE this color!! It looks great all day long. It changes from brighter to more muted as the sunlight changes BUT always looks great. Sometimes paint colors get muddy and dingy in low light but I don’t feel like this one does. I want to paint everything Starry Woods!!
My youngest also picked out some decor this week. 😉 We stopped at HomeGoods and he wanted the fluffy orange plaid blanket. How could I refuse him?
I painted the cuckoos a few weeks ago. They’re a pale green in a similar but lighter shade than the bed. The goal was for them to still be visible as a design element but not to be as much of a focal point.
Last but not least, I’ve been working on getting some art into frames. My mom gave me a stack of insect prints + one snake print, so I popped them into frames I had on hand and added them to a cute mushroom/bird print that was already hanging in the boys’ room. this week also brought the purging of decor elements. The ceramic mushroom and neutral owls get to stay!
Hopefully, all of the art will be hung this week. I hope to wrap everything up next week so I have a full week to photograph, edit, and write up the reveal post.
As always, thanks so much for taking the time to stop in.
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ooh! love the green spindle beds with the orange blanket- they look so good together.
Thanks Hilary!
looks so good … charming and sweet at the same time with a new coat of paint! can’t wait to see it all done in 2 weeks!
Thanks Tim!
the beds look gorgeous- such a pretty color! and i love the clocks, too! those are so fun!
Thank you Cassie. 🙂 I love this color! I want to paint everything in it.
LOVE that paint color! The beds look so sweet! And this just reminded me that I need to hang my cuckoo clock. <3
Thank Emy! I wasn’t sure if I would like the paint so I only bought a sample. Turns out I LOVE it and would you believe it took only a sample & a half to paint both bed frames!!!
Everything is really coming along,love all the colors you’ve used. Very restful color plan.
Are your boys loving what you’ve done so far?Sure hope so.
Have you changed any plans as you’ve gone along.Sometimes I plan something but then as have gotten into project saw better or different way to go. Lots of hard work but so worth it in the finale.
The art looks perfect for the room,goes well with colors in room
.Have wonderful weekend
Thank you JaneEllen. They are definitely having fun with the new beds. They were tossing a bear back and forth between them tonight. Yes, I have changed plans as I’ve gone along. I always do! I usually have a lose plan and I always save all my possible ideas on a Pinterest board and then I go from there. I add and delete and edit colors and accessories as I find new pieces I want to work with. In this case we redid a LOT of little pieces we already had here and there (attic and garage) and only bought a few new items.
Oh goodness! Somebody get me some Starry Woods! Love it! And the clocks are perfect! So excited to see the reveal! Susie from The Chelsea Project
I know! This color is stunning! I can’t get enough of it!
I love the paint color you chose to update the bed and I the fun little Cuckoo clocks, this room is turning out to be so cute!!!
Those cuckoos were put together by my husband’s grandfather. When we bought their house we grabbed them from the outbuilding (formerly his clock shop). I think they look so cute in the lighter paint!
That bed color is so perfect! I’m going to try to convince my niece to let me paint her’s that color LOL…I also am in love with the artwork you have picked out! It adds such an original touch to a kids room
Thank you Lindsey. I am in LOVE with this color. So pretty, bright but still neutral, and perfect for boys or girls! I also love the organic almost leaf like feel of the feathers fanned out in that artwork. I found it at HomeGoods!
Love that paint colour for the bed frame! It’s all coming together beautifully!
Thank you Lindi! It is a gorgeous color. I am so happy I went for it!
Oh, that paint color is awesome! THis room is going to look so adorable. Glad that your son picked out his own throw 🙂
The throw is soooo soft and fluffy! That’s what he liked about it. Ha. Can’t say I blame him!
This is going to be the sweetest room! Perfect color for the beds and I adore how you applied it to the cuckoo clocks too! I’ve never seen a better looking cuckoo clock!
Thank you Diane!
It’s all so cute. Love the vintage beds and the new colour is beautiful. The clocks are awesome, and the art is so sweet. Can’t wait to see your big reveal soon.
Oh man! I love that shade of blue, I can’t wait to see it all come together.
Minty teal blue greens are my favorite! I am sooo happy with this shade!