One Room Challenge: Week Four, Design Boards, Painting Prep, and The Niche
Pictured: Roanoak Co Sconces, Juniper Print Shop Montauk Artwork, Temple and Webster Sofa (similar to current), Portola Paint Roman Clay
We’re officially halfway through the process, and I’m starting to feel the pressure. I took advantage of the sales this past weekend to order the pieces we’ll need to finish out the space and have been carefully starting to budget my time to (hopefully!) get this completed on deadline. The linoleum removal took much, much longer than I had anticipated, and set the project back a good week, so now we’re playing a bit of catch-up, which leads me to where we are today. Last week I promised a prettier post, and I was hoping to have some freshly painted walls or a nice little DIY to show you, but we’re just going to have to settle for some renderings and save the pictures for next week because that’s where we’re at. Do you remember the adage that painting is 90% prep and 10% paint? Well, we’re living in the 90%. The walls have a fair amount of residual damage from the wallpaper removal, demo, and building out the niche, so we’re in the process of getting them ready to paint. Actually, paint is probably about 90% of this makeover itself. The walls, the floors, the cabinets, and an Ikea hack are all getting a fresh coat… here’s what I have in mind.
Pictured: Floyd Bedframe, Rejuvenation Swing Arm Sconce, West Elm Arc Mirror, Room and Board x California Workshop Sconce, Parachute Bedding
For the wall that spans the built-in nook to the kitchenette, I’m planning to apply Roman Clay from Portola Paint. I fell in love with the look of plaster while visiting Lokal Hotel designed by Jersey Ice Cream Co and have been wanting to recreate something like it ever since. I like the idea of using it to define the niche and create a kitchen backsplash in the span of one wall. On the rest of the walls and the ceiling, I’m planning to apply a white Limewash to move the light around the space and create a soft, textured feeling. It should be subtle, but I didn’t want anything to compete with the Roman Clay, and I think they will play nicely together.
On the lower cabinets, we’re planning to use Farrow and Ball’s Hague Blue, a deep blue and a pale cream on the upper cabinets, trim around the room and the Ikea wardrobes that we’re dressing up to create some much-needed storage. For the concrete floors that run from the kitchen into the bathroom, I’ve picked up a floor stencil from Royal Design Studio Stencils and am planning to paint, then stencil them to create a tiled effect. While I was hoping to expose the concrete and paint the pattern over the top, it would take a lot more work to get the floors into the condition we would need to do so, so I’m planning to give them one more good scrub then paint a base color before stenciling.
You may have also noticed the jute floors in the Design Boards above. While we spent a lot of time debating removing the existing carpet, cleaning up the concrete, and painting the floors in the living area as well, in the end, after our experience with removing the linoleum, we have neither the time or the patience to take on that job. At some point in the future, we’ll be putting down wood flooring, so for now, we have a very large jute rug on the way that I’m going to trim to fit to replace the carpet.
Finally, we have a niche. Remember the before? It was a lot. We’re nearly finished with the last of the drywall and are almost ready to start building the floating shelves. We’re building supports that will attach to the walls then creating a c shaped “box” that will slide over them. We found some beautiful maple plywood and boards, and I think the light finish will help keep the space feeling light and open, a far cry from where it started.
Thanks for following along, you can find week one here, week two here, three here and check back next week for week four. You can check out the rest of the guest participants here or the amazing featured designers here. You can also follow along on Instagram by following #oneroomchallenge for some serious eye candy.
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