One Room Challenge [Guestroom Revamp Week #5]

Week 5 already?! So crazy! I think this past week has been (and certainly next week will be) the most difficult part of the One Room Challenge with Calling it Home. In the beginning, it was all sunshine and roses…dreaming up ideas, browsing for inspiration photos, hunting for the perfect finds…. and now, it all has to come together & fast! I can tell you I have a laundry list of items I have to return and another list of things I still need to buy & DO! It was a tough pill to swallow when the pieces I had such high hopes for, just weren’t going to work out. Wrong size, wrong shape, wrong color, too similar or too different to something else that already found a permanent home. Trying not to dwell on the fact that some things just weren’t meant to be. Moving ooooon!

Although certain things didn’t work out, MANY things have and thanks to Ted and my friend, Haley, I’ve really been able to get after it this past week! Not like I am done, just twiddling my thumbs waiting for week 6, but I knocked some big things out with their help. Ted has been hanging things, moving furniture and listening to the recap of my HomeGoods adventures and Haley has been THE BEST – a rockstar actually. She’s allowed me to bounce countless ideas off of her and she’s been able to throw in some killer suggestions for the space, too. We tend to take on the role of each other’s design assistant, when it comes to decorating (or redecorating) our homes – from material & paint selection to furniture placement & musical pillows, but I can’t thank her enough for the amount of help she has given me in just this ONE room! I owe her a glass of wine or a few bottles 🙂

Now to get caught up on this past week:

installed new hardware on the dresser (well, 10 /12 are done…I had to order another set)
hung a floating ledge near the new chair
gilded mirror for over the dresser
found new lampshades (after the IKEA ones didn’t work! – sorry no photos yet)
& ALOT of wall design planning

These walls are going to be the end of me. seriously. I think I am losing sleep over these bare bad boys. I have been struggling between going simple or all out funky. Trying to find a happy medium as we speak 🙂

Here’s a visual of what’s been going down in here:

My pack of 10 wasn’t enough…I had these pulls on hand from another project that didn’t make it to the finish line. I ordered another set and will throw them on as fast as I can. You will see the finished dresser next week 🙂

late night power toolin’

Plenty of pretty pieces to layer on the floating ledge…I just need to decide which ones!

Another look at before:

brown, brown and more brown. I knew I needed to add some color to the space, but touches of gold are being added throughout as well. Like I shared in week 3 of the ORC and a quick fix below…

I like the mirror itself, unique lines and the round shape is good, but it was a little too bronze for the look I was going for. I applied some of my gold Rub ‘n Buff to lighten it up a bit.

This will get hung back in its place this weekend!

I mentioned my night terrors about the wall art….I have had a mess of frames and art on the floor for a week or 2. I lay a few things out, then a few more, then put it all back up against the wall and start over.

I will hopefully have a nice gallery wall tutorial after the challenge is over. We will see.

Oh and I hung these cuties up!

The perfect nook behind the door for guests to hang their towels. Pineapples + gold = happy little place in the room.

Sooooo much to reveal next week. I promise there is color, like I mentioned there would be from the start. It is going to be fresh and lively and hopefully a lovely place for our guests to stay.

Here is where we stand with only 1 week left:

new lamps or just new shades
something with the headboard
statement piece above the bed
nightstand styling
new art / gallery wall
new curtains – lighter in color or a bright print
makeover the mirror
insert upholstered chair
paint
DIY Euro pillows
find side table to go next to chair
buy accessories for the dresser

A few more check marks and I’ll be there! Countdown is on for next week’s reveal – whew…ok…ready or not!

Miss any past ORC Guestroom Revamp posts?

week 1 | week 2 | week 3 | week 4

I think it is safe to say that after next Thursday, I am taking a BREAK! Although Simon turns 1 next month and our basement is under construction, so it won’t exactly be a break, but it will be nice to have new and exciting things to work on! That and finally be able to be outside. Spring in Chicagoland is really starting to shape up nicely. We went to the park this morning and Henry just couldn’t get enough! It is so fun to watch him play at this age. It was, however, a slightly different park experience than last summer, given that Simon didn’t want to just snooze in his stroller the entire playdate, but we managed just fine. It was great to see and catch up with all of the other mom’s in the group I am in, too.  It was pretty apparent we are no longer suffering from cabin fever. Being out and about like a normal person is such a good feeling 🙂

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