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ONE ROOM CHALLENGE : THE REVEAL!!

May 7, 2015 · 21 Comments

It is time for the reveal of my One Room Challenge!

To see the before you can look back to Week One, Week Two, Week Three, Week Four and Week Five.

I am super excited to have this room finished for my family. We LOVE it!

It looks even better in person! I can’t believe I waited so long to do this!

I hope you enjoy seeing our new space.

One Room Challenge Living Room Makeover Reveal

Remember the Before…

living room makeover before

Adding the wood planks to the sides of the mantel changed the entire feel of this room. Before it was dominated by the brick and it sucked up every ounce of light that came in.

All of the trim, walls and bookcases are painted BM Simply White in semi-gloss.

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orc living room

The art came from my husbands grandparents house and his great aunt painted it. The large basket also came from the great aunt.

ORC make over Living room

Living Room Makeover

My son has a collection of wooden boats and my father in law gave him this one for his birthday last year. It is really big and trying to find a place for it has been a challenge. This worked out great!

Living room makeover

In the end I ended up using orange fabric. I was shocked at how much I loved it. I normally would never choose this color.

living room makeover pillows

stripe candles living room makeover

After the planks were installed I knew they need something. I found these simple candle sconce and added the black and white stripe candles for a fun twist. I love them!

Living room makeover pillows

One of the things I am really excited about is the fact that there are so many items in this room that have special family meaning. Those silhouettes are my husbands grandparents. The ones in the bookcase are my father in law and my husband. The blue candy dish above was a mother’s day gift from my son a few years ago. Because he knows I love blue and vintage things.

Living Room Makeover One Room Challenge

Living room makeover beverage station

All of the shells in the lamp are from our trips to Pawleys Island, South Carolina.

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The rocks were picked up on our honeymoon.

living room makeover tv console

The TV console we built out of lumber and I added the skirt to hide much-needed storage.

Thanks to Linda from Calling It Home for hosting the One room Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Joy

ONE ROOM CHALLENGE : WEEK FIVE

April 30, 2015 · 5 Comments

As we approach this last week of the challenge I have to say… I am feeling Challenged for sure!

This is my first One Room Challenge and I have learned a lot about myself.

I have worked on a tight schedule before, but this pushed me to make some decisions that I have put off for longer than I should have. I am so thankful for that!

If you are lost on what I am doing you can look back to see my plan.

Week One Week Two Week Three Week Four

On to Week Five…

I have selected my fabrics and I am excited to get some beautiful pillows put together.

Fabrics

Next up is selecting art. Please feel free to share in the comments what you think about what you see below.

My sofa is not that red in person.

sofa art

Moved this chest from our foyer

working on a skirted table for the T.V.

console cover

That is where I am as of today. I still have a lot to finish up.

Have a great week!

You can see what all the other participants are doing here.

Joy

ONE ROOM CHALLENGE : WEEK FOUR

April 23, 2015 · 2 Comments

I can not believe that we are already on week four of the One Room Challenge!

To catch up you can take a look back to week one, week two and week three.

This week I feel like we got a lot done.

The wood is up, bookcases are installed and everything is painted.

Everything is painted in Benjamin Moore-Simply White.

This picture below is where I am trying out a lighter grout color. It is a little to white I think. What do you think?

Started adding books and playing around with styling the shelves.

All of the photos were taken quickly with my phone while working. Better photos to come 😉

Thanks for stopping by!

Joy

ONE ROOM CHALLENGE : WEEK THREE

April 16, 2015 · 1 Comment

Welcome back for week three of the One Room Challenge!

If you are new here be sure to check out WEEK ONE and WEEK TWO.

We have finally settled on a plan for the way we are adding the wood to the brick and built-ins. We have encountered a few challenges along the way but I’m really excited to have that part figured out!

This week I want to share a few more details to the design.

I want to lighten up the brick to make it look more like what I call “Charleston brick”. That is not the name of my brick but the name of what I see in my head! Try explaining that to your husband! LOL

charleston brick

William Aiken House in Charleston, S.C. found on Pinterest

My goal is to lighten the mortar and the brick in a way that it will look original. I think I have finally found the solution.

Next up new pillows. I found these fabric last week and will be using one or two of them.

Art. I have a very large painting that was gifted to us by my husbands great-aunt.
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It’s beautiful and we love it but not sure if in the end it will stay in this room. I also want more family pictures and I have a pretty good collection of Audubon prints or some type of botanical prints above the sofa.

Pulled all together I think it is going to be our favorite room in the house.

Come back next week to hopefully see all the trim and woodwork installed. For now here are a few more beautiful images from the home of my inspiration photo.

All images are from Jackson Built Home website and it did not list who the interior designer of this home. I will assume they have a very talented team!

Joy

ONE ROOM CHALLENGE : WEEK TWO

April 9, 2015 · 10 Comments

Welcome back for my ONE ROOM CHALLENGE : WEEK TWO makeover!

If you are here for the first time you can see my plan in my first post here One Room Challenge : Week One

I have to admit up until Monday I was still trying to figure out exactly how to go about getting the look I want without it taking a ton of work and a ton of money. I have really been torn on how much of the brick I want left exposed. We actually enjoy the warmth and texture the brick adds to our home and do not necessarily want to completely hide it. My goal is to lessen the 70’s vibe I get from it.

This is a little drawing of it I posted on instagram this week.

This is where we are at week two of our makeover and I am very happy with where this is going. My husband is just kinda going with it until he can see it. I think he trust me. We will be married 15 years next week and I just keep telling him this is my anniversary gift. We have been in this house for 12 of those 15 years SO it is time! He has a hard time changing things because he lived here until he was 12. His parents built our home in 1968.

I am super excited to have gotten these bookcases from my sister for FREE! A BIG money saver.

I plan to trim them out to make them look my “built in” than free-standing and add to the top so they go all the way to the ceiling.

Thanks again for following along and come back next week for round 3 of the ONE ROOM CHALLENGE! Also wanted to add that there are lots of others participating in this challenge and I encourage you to check them all out here.

Joy

ONE ROOM CHALLENGE : WEEK ONE

April 2, 2015 · 22 Comments

Welcome and Thank you for visiting my blog today!

I am excited to announce that for the first time I will be participating in the ONE ROOM CHALLENGE! It is hosted by Linda from CALLING IT HOME.

The ONE ROOM CHALLENGE is a six-week challenge to finish a room. It is not a competition but a fun way to share great design and see lots of amazing bloggers, designers and DIYer’s do amazing things in their homes or clients homes.

Every Thursday for the next six weeks you can come back here to see updates of my room and then follow the link of the ORC icon to see all the others.

I have decided to do my LIVING ROOM

Fortunately we have two living spaces in our home and they both function well for our family. The living room is the first room you see when you enter our home. The front door and the back door both lead to this room. I want it to set the tone for my house and style.

Lets talk about style.

My husband and I have differences in this area but I am determined to make it work for us both! He likes a formal, richer look and I like light, bright and comfortable. However we both love antiques, wood tones and details. Since we live in South Carolina I want our home to have a southern vibe and be classic,comfortable, casual and fun.

The plan is to add built ins on the side of the fireplace and add a new mantel. I also want to lighten the mortar on my brick (somehow).

Here is the before:

This is my inspiration photo for the built ins and mantel.

However my t.v. will not be mounted above the fireplace and I have a leather sofa that will stay. New pillows, window treatments and possible two new chairs and coffee table!

We will see…

The fact is this is a BIG project to tackle but it has been on the back burner for years!

Don’t forget to follow me on INSTAGRAM for more on the journey and come back next week to see what I have accomplished.

Thanks for following along.

Joy