Linda {Calling it Home} Linda {Calling it Home}

One Room Challenge, Week 5

Here we are at week 5 already. Wow is time flying by. Thanks again for taking the time to check in with me. If I didn't think you were coming by, I probably would procrastinate more. If you would like to start at the beginning of all of this, you can go here. 

I am super excited to announce that my trimwork is done. It took a huge chunk of time, and I had help with the hard stuff. Here are all of the specs just in case you want to try this. 

All of the trim is BM Snowfall White. The walls were inspired by this bedroom. They are BM White Dove.

I could kiss Mary Ann for tracking down the paint name for me. I want my whole house painted this color.


Section 1 & 3 have the framed wall treatment above the chair rail


In Section 2, the walls were too narrow to frame them above the chair rail. I gave them a mock cap on top to finish them off. I also modified the crown in section 2.



Here, you can see that my CL altar table got a makeover. You can also see that I picked the yellow lamps. Although, weather permitting, they will be changing colors.




I think I am finally going to use this vintage brass light fixture that has been sitting in my garage for ages.

The glass is smoked, and there is a lot of it...not quite sure how I can do this without replacing all of it. I'm not even sure it works....they lady said it did, and I never checked.


I picked up this mirror, that has a gash in the upper right corner. 
You just can't get good quality for $15 any more. 


Hopefully, I can give it a makeover and place it above this CL table


Once I fix the red tinted stain


There is one more week....and then the big Tah Dah!

Now let's go make the rounds.

Week 6, go here



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Linda {Calling it Home} Linda {Calling it Home}

Wall Treatment Specs

Vinny, my painter, just left. I have to say, there is no possible way this will look as good in pictures as it does in person. Unless of course you have a better camera than me, or just know how to time the natural light thing. No matter, I thought this would be a good time to tell you the specs of my One Room Challenge walls, just in case someone out there wants to do a wall treatment and doesn't want to nail a bunch of sizes up to the wall....like I did. 

Here is what the walls look like in most of my entry. 

The majority of the trim is 1/2" MDF sheets cut to specific widths. I like MDF because it doesn't move {shrink/swell} like real wood. I hate seeing those cracks in the joints during the winter months.

Here you can see the reveal I used...3 1/2". Since that is the reveal, many of the boards needed to be wider. 


This will show you why


Maintaining a consistent reveal throughout will give you a really expensive looking project.  

Another thing to consider is the corners


On an outside corner, you would need to take 1/2" off one of the boards. 

As for the panel widths, I would suggest that you divide the wall into a size that you feel comfortable with.  Since every one of my walls were a different length, they are similar to each other, but far from exact. 
Furniture placement will camouflage a lot of this. 


In this small area that I called Section 2, you can see that a framed upper wall would not work. I kept the same bottom treatment as the other hall, but modified the top to be a mock chair rail. You can also notice that the reveal under the crown was modified, too.


Here are the specs for the top of section 2


Here are the specs for all the the bottom pieces



These are the trim pieces that I used




Some of the hard cuts that Joe and Mike did

Wrapped the corners








All of the trim is pained in BM Snowfall White. The walls are BM White Dove.

Do you have architectural moldings and trim in your home?


Week 5


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