Hello
folks! It’s
week four
of The One Room Challenge™ - and
I’m happy to report that we officially have paint on the walls. I can assure you this is a first in the
history of all chez V ORCs. Woop!
And
speaking of firsts, for the first time EVER,
The One Room Challenge™
team has decided to extend final reveal day by a week to
accommodate delays due to the natural disasters leading up to the ORC. Many designers are experiencing shipment
delays, supply shortages, and backlogs of scheduled trade work. Can I get a collective Vicki Gunvalson woo hoo-like woop? I am overjoyed
to have an additional week as I was just lamenting last week about not enough time or moola.
Speaking of which, to get caught up on my first 3 weeks, you can click on the links below:
As for progress, here goes:
My
daughter’s room finally got emptied. All
contents are spread hither and yon within our house and we have yet to
successfully locate a clean school jumper once this week. Ceiling fan has been removed and relegated to
the trash heap, much to my mister’s dismay. What
is it with men and ceiling fans??
As
implied last week, the original pink choice was kicked to the curb in favor of
Farrow and Ball’s Peignoir. What can I
say? The Dervish got her purple
after all. Well,
here’s what I can
say –
Peignoir is
decidedly more
pigmented and sophisticated than
the pink. After staring at swatches on
the wall for about a week, we all kept coming back to Peignoir. So purple it is. But
for the record, I am referring to
it
as
‘lilac.’
It's been gray and rainy for days, so the lighting is dark but you get the general idea. During the day the color hovers closer to lilac and in the evening leans toward a pinkish gray - which, surprisingly, is what I was going for. A fleshy, pigmented pink rather than pepto pink or uncooked hot dog.
Here is a crappy cellphone daylight image. The walls here are more pinkish:
Here is a crappy cellphone daylight image. The walls here are more pinkish:
Regardless, I am officially in love with the color and immediately started pulling items into the room – the desk, painted a minty color, and the desk lamp, both purchased at Home Goods. Next, I shopped my house looking for accessories – a small oil painting of a mother and daughter that my mother gave to me for my first apartment which is now absolutely perfect in this room; a small pair of purple tinted Staffordshire pups from my collection, again surprisingly perfect here, and one of my favorite vintage chinoiserie plates, the colors of which just sing against the walls. It’s quite possible the girl might have a plate or two on the wall. I cannot fight my granny chic ways.
This
week I also started pulling apart the desk chair in preparation for upholstery
as well as pulling together
the supplies for the relaxed roman shades. Will go on record here to say that I am
officially nervous about tackling the shades so the extra week has me all
shades of happy for some added breathing room.
As of today, here's where we stand:
Feeling mucho better about things with the extra week, although I am still targeting photography for the 6th. Best laid plans of mice and a silly decorating lady. Once I finish the trim paint this week, I will actually bring in the rug and the new bed. Desk chair and roman shade are slated for this weekend but I also have to whip up a unicorn costume from thin air and dust bunnies. So wish me luck.
Excited to catch up with the 20 designers this week to see how that extra week of reprieve is playing out as well as my fellow guest participants. You should check them out too!
Thanks to Linda for saving our collective arses with the Hail Mary and thanks to media sponsor House Beautiful!
