Well, I think I’ve finally recovered from the One Room Challenge “burn-out” I experienced from such an intensive six-week journey, haha. Which is not to say that I wouldn’t do it all over again, the laundry room we have as a result was completely 100% worth it, and I certainly plan on participating again in the fall. But it did require a little break to recover. So while…
Its here, its finally here!! The day we’ve been waiting six long (well, actually very very fast) weeks for!! In case this is your first time visiting, we’ve been renovating our basement laundry room into the washing/drying/folding space of our dreams and you catch up on the week-by-week progress updates below: Week 1 (The design) // Week 2 (Tile/Cabinets) // Week 3 (Hardware/Wallpaper) // Week 4 (Folding Station)…
So this is about the time that I start freaking out. It is the very last week of the One Room Challenge, and I had been feeling fairly in control until about three days ago, when I realized the “few little things” I had left were clearly going to take much longer than I expected. Of course, I should have expected this, otherwise, why did I put them…
So not only are we done with Week 4, but by the time you are reading this update, we are half way through with week five (eek!). I may have gotten a skosh behind this week, and so am getting this update in down to the wire. But in all honestly, I think that it is quite fitting and probably high time you guys knew my true personality…I…
We’ve done it!! Half way point, woo-hoo!!!!! We had some weather delays early on in this week — unusual for an indoor challenge, I realize — but basically there were several things that needed to be done which required above-freezing temps and no snow on the ground (although the former was actually a requirement, and the latter was just a personal preference;). First, the wallpaper primer needed to…
I can hardly believe that Easter is this weekend already?!? I feel like this year is flying by even more than usual. And while I *somewhat* had my act together this year and have some of these items purchased in advance, one thing I made sure to order super early are the Little Unicorn security blankets. Our kids are almost four- and six-years-old this Easter, and have been…
Well, I don’t know if a week has ever gone so quickly, but here we are, at week 2. I want to first start by giving you all a progress update, and then talk about what our plans are for the coming weeks. I started to get pretty stressed out this week with all of the things I need to do swirling around in my head, so decided…
I’m so excited to finally be participating in a One Room Challenge!!!! I’ve followed along for many years, excited week-to-week to see the progress of the featured designers, along with any of the guest participants that had caught my eye. And now, I’m one of those guest participants!! Truth be told, this challenge is serving as the motivation not only for me to complete our dark and dingy…
With the sun shining more and more these days, I can’t help think about all the warm weather we are going to have in late Spring and early Summer (it takes that long to really warm up around here;) and how we’ll soon get to ditch the cozy sweaters and boots. So with all of the beautiful Spring colors that are arriving at the shops these days, they…
Since starting the blog, I have been spending a good portion of the time while the kids are school (and some evenings, I’m quite the novice so everything takes twice as long), working on the computer at our kitchen counter. Which would work fine in most situations, but our kitchen was designed by people who fancied themselves to be above-average height, and custom-built the cabinets to be 2…