One Room Challenge - Week 2
Nothing makes the weeks fly by faster than a challenge. If you are returning from last week, thanks for coming back. If you are new here, you can start at the beginning of the One Room Challenge here.
Also, tomorrow is link up day for all of you playing along. There are over 70 of you!
This week was all about fabric. I know I have told you many times that I am obsessed with Meg Braff. I love this sofa so much....
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| Meg Braff via TPP |
I am having my love seats reupholstered to look just like it. You can read about that crazy story here.
Finding the perfect shades of blue was not going to be easy. I did a bit of running around on my own and got really frustrated. I enlisted the help of Jennifer, a woman that knows her shades of blue better than anyone else. She found them....of course.
The fabric is by a company called Outdura. It's an indoor-outdoor fabric. It is also hard to find. For that, I enlisted the help of my super fun and funny designer friend, Sherry. She was quite reassuring when she said she had never heard of this company. After a bit of research, her sources said six week delay!
Since that was not an option, I started an online hunt. Luckily for me, I found a place that had it in stock. Next up, was this fabulous stripe
Layer them together, and you have this
I really wanted a large scale floral. I fell in love with this Thibaut fabric.
Back to Sherry, man that woman must be sick of me...... but she came trough. Thanks Sherry! And when everything is together, you now have this
The final fabric is my custom Spoonflower fabric, and that is in the mail.
The love seats were picked up on Monday, and the floral was put in the mail to Leslie, my favorite pillow maker. That's it for me this week......
**Update, for week 3, go here**
Now let's go see how everyone else did
The fabric is by a company called Outdura. It's an indoor-outdoor fabric. It is also hard to find. For that, I enlisted the help of my super fun and funny designer friend, Sherry. She was quite reassuring when she said she had never heard of this company. After a bit of research, her sources said six week delay!
Since that was not an option, I started an online hunt. Luckily for me, I found a place that had it in stock. Next up, was this fabulous stripe
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| Available Here |
I really wanted a large scale floral. I fell in love with this Thibaut fabric.
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| Thibaut, Dorchester in Blue |
The love seats were picked up on Monday, and the floral was put in the mail to Leslie, my favorite pillow maker. That's it for me this week......
**Update, for week 3, go here**
Now let's go see how everyone else did
Custom Fabric on Spoonflower
Hi All! Did everyone have a great weekend? I have a feeling there was a lot of crazy room designing going on. Did you see how many people linked up to the One Room Challenge? I had no idea that many people wanted to jump in.
If you followed along during my last ORC, you may remember that Jennifer designed this fabric for my entry. When I needed a small graphic to complete my current fabric plan, I asked Jennifer for some ideas. She told me that many of the Spoonflower sellers will custom color their patterns for a small fee.
Enter Andrea from Domesticate
I fell in love with her Lattice in Ocean on the left.
This is a large scale graphic and I have a large scale floral in my plan. I contacted Andrea to see if she would work with me on this.
Andrea was an absolute delight to work with. I sent her my swatches so she could match the colors. I also asked her to scale it down and make the pale blue more prominent. Here is her final design.
She added a linen texture to the printing process. You can see it on the right. This fabric is available for purchase here. My fabric order is in the mail and I cannot wait to see it in person.
These are some of the other beautiful fabrics Andrea sells in her Spoonflower Store.
Isn't she good? I love finding new sources for fabric and custom coloring makes the possibilities endless.
What did you work on this weekend?
One Room Challenge Linking Party
Thank you all for coming by yesterday and leaving such nice comments. I hope you had a chance to click through all the One Room Challenge participants. There are going to be some fantastic ideas from those ladies over the next six weeks.
I am so excited for today.....a few of you have told me you will be linking up and I met you. But I am not sure how many others will be jumping in...and I can't wait to meet all of you, too. If you link up, please include a link on your front page letting your readers know where you are today.
Some of the One Room Challenge participants are looking for spaces to feature. Don't be surprised if you find yourself featured elsewhere.
Some of the One Room Challenge participants are looking for spaces to feature. Don't be surprised if you find yourself featured elsewhere.
If you need a refresher on how to link up, a schedule or a button, go here.
If you see some images you love, please pin them directly from the original blog and not mine. And speaking of Pinterest, I started a ORC Linking Party board. If you would like to be a pinner on that board, you can leave a comment with your email address you use for pinterest.
Pinterest and I are not getting along when it comes to adding people on group boards...I will try my best.
If you see some images you love, please pin them directly from the original blog and not mine. And speaking of Pinterest, I started a ORC Linking Party board. If you would like to be a pinner on that board, you can leave a comment with your email address you use for pinterest.
Pinterest and I are not getting along when it comes to adding people on group boards...I will try my best.
Thank you so much for linking up, now let's all go check out those rooms!
One Room Challenge, Week 1
Welcome to the One Room Challenge (aka #PizzaForDinner). This is a semi-annual event where 20 design oriented bloggers transform a room of their own, from start to finish. For the next six Wednesday's we will be giving you updates on our room progress.
This time, you can play along with us. Starting tomorrow, you can link up your space and finish it over the next six weeks.....just in time for the Holiday's!
Here are the fabulous blogs participating:
Since we are moving to Florida, I wanted to transform a space that would have a big visual impact when we list our home for sale. I also wanted most of my energy and $$$ invested in things that will move with us.
The obvious choice is our family room.
I finally gave away that huge sectional in my living room. My friend's sister lost everything in Hurricane Sandy. The sectional was in fantastic shape and she really wanted it....done!
I heard she makes her kids wash their hands before they sit on it so it will stay nice and clean...love that :).
All of the furniture you are looking at was moved into my living room. It fills that space better than this one. This is a better shot of how the furniture did not fit the space.
I heard she makes her kids wash their hands before they sit on it so it will stay nice and clean...love that :).
All of the furniture you are looking at was moved into my living room. It fills that space better than this one. This is a better shot of how the furniture did not fit the space.
Why no, I don't have any window treatment.
Now that you mention it, I did not hang a chandelier, either....we are keeping it real over here.
On the opposite wall sits our biggest argument in this home. My husband, who has nothing to say about anying in this home..... has a lot to say about this dinosaur of a computer. He refuses to have a conversation about getting rid of it. My son is the only one who uses it.
So last week, I found out that it can be made wireless and I will be relocating it to the basement. Visual problem solved.
And now for my plan
This is the direction I am headed.
Thanks for visiting, and I hope you come back next week. If this looks like fun, join us.
Here are the updates from the original post
Now let's go see what the others are working on. Believe it or not, we really don't tell each other much before this starts, so this is a surprise for me too...
How Would You Fix This?
Did everyone have a great weekend? The weather has been amazing, so we spent quite a bit of time outside. I also watched the premier episode of Downton Abbey Season 4, available here.
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I won't tell you anything, but I will say that once some of your favorite characters leave, things never seem to be the same.
Let's talk kitchens. I was stalking a few Florida homes on Zillow, and I ran into one that was semi appealing....great location, nice street, good flow....and then I was hit in the face with this.
The Kitchen. I believe this home has sold, so this is a hypothetical question....
How would you fix this kitchen if you were on a budget. Obviously, if money were no object, we could gut it.
Go for it, what would you do?
Do you ever look at a home and redesign it in your head?