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Thinking Ahead for The One Room Challenge

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Are you planning to link up to Linda's next One Room Challenge event? It kicks off on April 3, and for 6 consecutive Thursdays the blogosphere with be up to its elbows in progress reports and DIY victories. If you didn't get a chance to participate in the last ORC Link party, I highly recommend it. Participating in The One Room Challenge is truly the most exhilarating, stressful, and exciting things I've done since I started blogging.

If you check in on my blog from time to time then you already know that my house (aka Project Dollhouse) is a work in progress. We're doing mostly cosmetic changes, but even these types of projects can be costly and time consuming. I have to admit that the One Room Challenge has been instrumental in bringing a few of my rooms to completion.

In the first ORC I made over my family room.

And in the second One Room Challenge I made over my sweet little kitchen:

So what do I have my sights set on for this round of the ORC? My living room and dining room. They're open to each other and so this ORC will be a 2-fer.

This shot was taken before we even moved in. We are still enjoying those plywood sub floors only now this space is cluttered with moving boxes filled with all the stuff that goes into these rooms once they get done. It's the perfect candidate for an ORC intervention.

And here's a teeny tiny sneak peak. There will be blue walls. Don't hate because I painted. Look at the plywood sub floors. There is plenty left to do to bring this project to completion.

So who's with me? Will you be linking up for the next One Room Challenge? It will be upon us sooner than you think!!

The Green Room Interiors provides Interior Decorating and Design Services to happy homeowners in Chattanooga, TN. If you'd like to discover the joy of living in a well designed home, contact Kim Lemmon at 423.653.3186 or email thegreenroominteriors@gmail.com

My LTR with Stripes

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

They're classic, they're fresh, and even a little bold. My beloved stripes. I've loved them for a long time. Especially on curtains. Remember these from The One Room Challenge?

Many of my clients have seen stripes in their homes, too.

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Okay, the stripe is subtle in the curtains above. It's a tone on tone stripe. But a stripe no less.

I've cyber-hugged this long distance client in Texas for taking a leap of faith and installing these penny tiles in a black and white stripe in the library renovation of her historic home. Courage, people.

And from around the internets, some more stripey inspiration - with pretty colors!

Via

Real Simple

Elle Decor

How brilliant is the designer that used the bold black & white stripe on the settee to relax the formal architecture?

Stripes, I can't quit you! My love of stripes is so true and so deep, I've even devoted a Pinterest board to them. You can follow it here.

Do you like to use stripes in your home?

The Green Room Interiors provides Interior Decorating and Design Services to happy homeowners in Chattanooga, TN. Contact Kim Lemmon and discover the joy of living in a well designed home! 423.653.3186 or email thegreenroominteriors@gmail.com

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Monday, April 8, 2013

Happy Monday! I'm afraid I have to be brief today - I have a lot of unchecked items on my to-do list that need attention.

I want to take a moment to point you to Lindajane Keefer on Pinterest. If you haven't discovered her or her boards yet, then allow me the pleasure.

My favorite boards of Lindajane's are the ones that feature late design giants like Sister Parish

Billy Baldwin

and Mark Hampton

All images from Lindajane Keefer on Pinterest.

There's so much more. You can find Lindajane Keefer here. A word of warning - there are over 47,000 pins - but they're good ones!

Also, thank you to Lindsey at Better After for featuring my family room makeover today!

Do you have any favorite pinners to share?

The Green Room Interiors provides interior decorating services to happy homeowners in Chattanooga, TN. If you'd like to experience the joy of living in a well designed home, contact Kim Lemmon at 423.653.3186 or email thegreenroominteriors@gmail.com

Project Dollhouse Family Room Styling and Sources

Sunday, March 31, 2013

I have a few more photos I wanted to share with you of my family room makeover that was part of Linda at Calling it Home's One Room Challenge. I also got lots of emails inquiring about sources for some of the items in my room, so I've supplied links wherever I could.

I got more emails about the Lemon Tree fabric than anything else. Sadly, I can't share a source with you for this. The fabric was a lucky find from a small fabric store in Atlanta near my mother's house. I bought what was left on the roll and haven't seen it or been able to find it since. If you want to have a go at locating it yourself, the fabric is by Greeff for Schumacher. The name on the selvage is "Lemon Tree". The store I where I found it is Budget Upholstery. Information about them here. (They also made the slipcovers for my Mid-Century barrel chairs years ago and have reupholstered sofas and chairs for me. If you're in the area, I highly recommend them)

Metal stool/ Leopard print fabric/ Cowhide rug/Yellow velvet fabric. The rattan armchairs were an estate sale find.

My huntboard was styled mainly with things I already had. The bird picture was given to me by my mother. The chinoiserie lamp and mirror were thrifted, and the "Kimberly" brick was a happy find that was uncovered during a historic home restoration a few years back. My husband found it in the basement and presented it to me as a gift. The bust/planter was a new purchase. I altered the color by pouncing on small amounts of leftover gray, cream and beige paint. When that was dry I rubbed on a thin layer of Minwax wood stain to give it some age.

The needlepoint leopard and the pottery planter were both estate sale finds - not at the same time.

Sofa/ Chinese garden stools/ Black geometric pillow/ Cream embroidered lattice pillows/ rug

All estate sale/thrift finds

Striped curtains/abstract painting/iron sconce (discontinued)/green chandelier crystals

Wall paint is Benjamin Moore's Moonlight White. This room is blessed with a southern exposure that is unobstructed by trees or shade of any kind, so the light is wonderful all day long.

I have one more post planned for this room, and it addresses my heavy use of vintage and "found items". If there's anything else you're curious about, shoot me an email!

The Green Room Interiors provides Interior Decorating and Design Services to happy homeowners in Chattanooga, TN. If you'd like to experience the joy of living in a well-designed home, contact Kim Lemmon at 423.653.3186 or email thegreenroominteriors@gmail.com

One Room Challenge Week 7 Hip! Hip! Hooray! It's Reveal Day!

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Okay, not too many words. Today is all about pictures! I'm excited to share my finished space with you and also to see what the other ladies have cooked up.

Real quick, in case you're visiting for the first time and you don't know what's going on here, Linda from the "Calling it Home" blog has assembled a group of 20 designers/design bloggers to participate in a One Room Challenge, where all participants transform a room in 6 weeks time, sharing their progress along the way. Got it? Good. You came on a good day.

Here is the space I started with.

It has the shape and charm of an empty shoe box. There is no architectural interest to be found in this space. The most noteworthy feature is the circa 1972 sliding glass door. The theme of this makeover is "decorating".

The moodboard:

This is where I was headed. I think I stayed pretty true to the original plan, which was inspired by my fabulous "Lemon Tree" fabric.

Here come a lot of pictures. And you guys have suffered through countless crappy phone pictures so I thought you deserved something better today.

This is the view looking into my family room from the front door/foyer. The hunt board was one of the first pieces of furniture I bought when I got married over 20 years ago, and so I've held onto it for sentimental reasons. It's also the piece that refused to cooperate with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint!

You may recall that I decided to divide my long and narrow space into two separate areas. This is the impromptu library area that is directly behind the sofa.

This shot gives you a better perspective on how the space is laid out.

Now this shot is from the opposite end of the room, and this is the tv viewing area - and it gets a lot of tv viewing action.

I think this is my favorite shot of the entire space. Those Mid-Century barrel chairs(I have 2 - you'll see the other one farther down the page) belonged to my parents and I remember them being in the very first living room I have memories of. About 10 years ago I took Mom up on her offer to pass them on to me. I had them slipcovered in off-white denim and they've been with me in every home since. They are the perfect scale for this long and narrow room!

Here is it's mate. And my Kerry Steele painting is right above it!

This is looking back into the space from the kitchen.

TV Wall with thrifted lamps. They were all yellow when I bought them a few years ago and I hand-painted the raised detail in white. Made all the difference.

I think that's all the pictures you can handle right now. There are lots of blogs to visit today!

A ginormous thank you to the extraordinary Linda from Calling It Home. I appreciate the invitation she extended to me and I have to say this entire process has been the MOST fun thing I've done since I started blogging! The other participants have been incredibly helpful, and I appreciate everyone's friendship and support.

I also have to thank talented local photographer Jaimie Smialek for making my room look so good! You can find Jaimie's website here.

I have more pictures that highlight some of the styling that I'll be sharing over the next few weeks too. Stop by if you can!

Hurry on over and see the other reveals today! I'm right behind ya.

Kim Macumber Interiors

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the Pink Pagoda

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Cheers!

The Green Room Interiors provides Interior Decorating and Design Services to happy homeowners in Chattanooga, TN. If you'd like to experience the joy of living in a well-designed home, contact Kim at 423.653.3186 or email thegreenroominteriors@gmail.com

ORC Week 6 - New Sofa, Chair and Lamp Makeovers

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Where has the time gone? I can't believe I set out on this mission 6 weeks ago!

The One Room Challenge was conceived by the very talented and capable Linda at My Crafty Home Life. Basically, she assembled a group of 20 bloggers to redecorate a room from start to finish in 6 weeks. Time has really flown by and I can't believe the reveal is next week. If you'd like to get caught up on everything One Room Challenge that has transpired since the beginning, click here.

Now, how about a little progress report? I've been busy trying to finish up all of the little projects I've been putting off. Isn't it funny how when you think you're just about finished, the real work begins?

Anyway, I did manage to make over a pair of Chinese Chippendale armchairs to go next to my library table.

I interviewed many candidates for the job. Here are the mockups

Anyway, I'm happy with the paint color/fabric combo. I love the yellow velvet next to the Lemon Tree fabric!

What else can I share with you? I also did a mini-makeover on a thrift store lamp. Nothing cutting edge, just your basic sand, paint, and add trim to a new shade. Here's the before. I loved the shape of this lamp but the finish was in bad shape.

And finally, I got my new sofa in place.

Happy!!! Next Wednesday is the big reveal. You've got to come back and see it all finished up!

Make sure you visit the other participants and see what kind of magic they've created this week.

Kim Macumber Interiors

the Peak of Tres Chic

the Pink Pagoda

Powell Brower Home

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The Green Room Interiors provides Interior Decorating and Design Services to happy homeowners in Chattanooga, TN. Call Kim and find out how a well designed home can improve the quality of your life! 423.653.3186 or email thegreenroominteriors@gmail.com

ORC Week Five - Art Wall

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

This is week five, isn't it? If you're visiting me for the first time, you can catch up on previous One Room Challenge posts here.

First, I have to apologize for getting my post up a little late. At around 9:30 last night I was moved to start assembling my art wall, so I had to wait until the sun came up this morning to take some photos of it. I'm not going to be giving a tutorial on how I did it because there aren't many directions to follow. If you recall, I have an empty room directly behind this wall and it was the right size to create the arrangement I wanted to put up on the wall.

I did measure the overall length and width of the arrangement to make sure it would all fit on the wall, and then I just started hanging. I referred to the pictures I took of this arrangement and eyeballed it to make sure I was still on track. That's kind of the beauty of this type of installation, it's a more collected and added to look, so measuring was optional.

I started with the picture that would cover the big hole in my wall, since covering it up was crucial.

And now, an Instagram Tour.

In the light of day, it needs some tweaking, but overall I'm happy with how it turned out. And it's always hard to the true impact of a project like this with less than stellar photography, but I will say the room feels completely different now.

And speaking of art, I found got a frame yesterday for this little number I got in the mail from my super talented cyber buddy and artiste extraordinaire Kerry Steele.

It's waaaay more gorgeous than this iphone picture can capture. It's not on my gallery wall, because it's getting placed somewhere special all by itself- but you can't see that yet!

Make sure you visit the other fab participants and see how they're coming along.

Kim Macumber Interiors

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the Pink Pagoda

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The Green Room Interiors provides Interior Decorating and Design Services in Chattanooga, TN. Let me help you create a place you'll be happy to call "home"! 423.653.3186 or email thegreenroominteriors@gmail.com

ORC Ming Coffee Table Makeover and a New Rug

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

If you're visiting my blog for the first time today, welcome! You picked a good day because I have an update on the family room I'm redecorating for the One Room Challenge.

Today I'm thrilled to share with you my Ming coffee table makeover. I bought this coffee table a few weeks ago during a little shopping sojourn in Atlanta with my Mom, who passed along her decorating/shopping/deal-finding gene to me. It's been useful.

Here's where it all started. Poor little Ming was under a pile of craptastic junque - and that makes discovering her even more rewarding. Do you find this to be true? Apparently Ming had a difficult few years and she was wearing the battle scars to prove it.

The damage was pretty deep and I had to break out the electric sander to prepare the surface for paint. There are few things in life I hate more than sanding but I knew it would be worth the extra effort.

Then I primed, but you don't need to see pictures of that.

I lightly brushed on this "Ivy Green" color acrylic paint. Have you painted anything with this? I love this stuff because it lays down really well and doesn't show many brush marks, although by this photo you would not think so.

I decided to get creative and mixed up some acrylic paint from the craft section of Wal-Mart. I squirted a little of both colors in an empty mac & cheese tub and mixed with a spoon until I got a color I was happy with. We're not very formal around here.

I very lightly dry-brushed the teal on over the green, let it dry, then dry-brushed on a little more green. After this dried, I dry-brushed on some black - to give it some depth.

And this is Ming all finished up. What do you think? I'm kind of ecstatic about it. The layering on of color has been great because in the daytime the color is more green and at night it's more teal. How fun!

And yes, that is a new rug! Super thrilled with it, too. It's a high falutin' HomeGoods score. The rug is a printed maze and is heavy enough that it doesn't "creep" on the carpet. And look, it has a fancy designer label on it.

Next Wednesday it's lights and curtains and whatever else I manage to get done between now and then. You'll come back to see, right?

Now check these out:

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The Green Room Interiors provides Interior Decorating and Design Services to happy homeowners in Chattanooga, TN.. If you would like to experience the joy of living in a well-designed home, call Kim Lemmon at 423.653.3186 or email thegreenroominteriors@gmail.com

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