The One Room Challenge: Choosing Our Room to Makeover

While we slowly fought our way out of a sea of moving boxes and got acquainted with our new townhouse, I decided to focus on organization and decor one room at a time. I’ve been intrigued for years by the One Room Challenge hosted by Linda of Calling it Home. The premise is that bloggers choose a room in their home to makeover and aim to finish it in six weeks.

I want to be in!

However, this Fall’s challenge started exactly six days after we moved. The idea is to post an update every Thursday, with the final reveal in week six.

That means I should be in Week 4 this week.

So, since I’ve already been working like a crazed maniac on one room, I’m going to cram all four weeks into the next four days.

Hold onto your horses, kids.

We’re making over this room!

The Living Room, Dining Room, and Entryway. It’s where we spend the most time, entertain guests, and take our shoes off at the door.

It needs to work hard and be an excellent multi-tasker.

As with every room makeover I’ve done, I want to use as many things as I already own to keep the budget down.

The Inspiration

Our townhouse was built in the early ’90s and has had a few updates ~ like new flooring ~ since then. It’s a great clean slate to work with ~ nicely drywalled walls, a professional paint job, & lovely wooden-slat blinds.

My goal is to inject interest and personality into the space. For those of you who have been reading my blog for a while, you know I love the farmhouse look with a little beach cottage thrown in.

I’ve found inspiration (like many others!) in Joanna Gaines and Fixer Upper. I love a mix of crisp white, black, and pops of greenery.

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I also like warm wood tones in a space, and maybe a little soft blue somewhere.

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And so, the Modern Industrial Farmhouse/Townhouse makeover begins.

The To-Do List

The to-do list is evolving as we speak, but this is where we are so far:

1. Change out the light fixtures.
2. Paint out the bizarre brown racing stripe around the perimeter of the room’s ceiling.
3. Paint out the dreadfully dark builder’s beige.
4. Add some feature walls of interest in the Dining Room.
5. Figure out storage solutions.
6. Redesign the entryway closet so it functions better and has a little style.
7. Hang up art
8. Find lighting solutions that brighten the room during the day and night.
9. Start shopping for a new couch and new chairs? (This may just be a dream…)
10. New rug?

Come back tomorrow and we’ll get this party started.