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One Room Challenge: Enclosing the Stairs, a Built-in Planter/Bench Combo and a Little Black Paint

I swore up and down this project was going to be low stress despite the timeline, scale, and the fact that we are building so much from scratch. But at this point, I have to admit that we’ve put so much into it that I am fully invested and want to see it to completion. Even if it means we need to push just a little harder over the next few days.

Design ChallengeKim LucianJune 20, 2021oneroomchallenge, one room challenge 2021, one room challenge, backyard, patioComment

One Room Challenge: A New Fence and a Garden Path

Oh hey, it's week five, and we're finally starting to pick up steam. While we still have many projects left to tackle, the one that has loomed large in my mind for the longest time is finally complete.

One Room Challenge: Halfway There

This past week we took on two projects, fixing up the back entrance of the house and starting to rebuild the fence.

Design ChallengeKim LucianMay 30, 2021one room challenge 2021, one room challengeComment

One Room Challenge: Time to Pick Up the Pace

It’s week three of the One Room Challenge, and here’s what we have done so far. We’ve ordered everything that we need to finish the project and can’t just pick up at the hardware store or lumber yard; we’ve measured, floor planned, taped out, and revised our design ad nauseam, and I’m (reasonably) confident we’ve locked in our final design.

Design ChallengeKim LucianMay 23, 2021oneroomchallenge, ORC, orc 2021, one room challenge 2021, one room challengeComment

One Room Challenge: The Patio Before

While the last challenge was all about creating a space where we could retreat from the world and lean into working, schooling, just generally existing from home with two small children, this one is about expanding our world a little.

One Room Challenge: Week Seven, Our DIY Bed with Floyd's “The Framework” and a Progress Report

After the first month of this project being spent on demo mode and in triage mode as we uncovered unexpected issues, it feels amazing to be finishing up a new project every day.

#OneRoomChallenge, Week Three: Color Palette + A Baby Friendly #Shelfie

When my first became mobile, we quickly learned that nothing within her reach was safe, and as she grew so did her ability to access things.

#OneRoomChallenge,Week Two: Our Baby Gear Essentials and Some Smart Storage

This time around while shopping for the baby I had a good idea of what I did, and did not want having been through this before, and knowing that anything we purchased would have to be integrated into our room.

#OneRoomChallenge, Week One: A Shared Master Bedroom and Nursery

I was on the fence about tackling the One Room Challenge again so soon after having a baby but once I realized what room I wanted to transform, and that I was in the planning stages of doing it anyways I decided to go ahead and share the process with all of you.

10 Ideas to Steal from the One Room Challenge

Half the fun was participating as part of a community and seeing what the rest of the bloggers were up to. Here are ten of our favorite spaces and the creative ideas that left us saying, “I wish I had though of that!”