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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

Still Here

Thursday, November 21, 2013

In case you were wondering, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. The truth is I've been blessed with an abundance of work and between that and keeping my booth stocked and still being a wife and Mommy and enjoying our sweet new grandbaby its been a little tough to find the time to blog. I'm also feeling a little spent after the One Room Challenge . Oh, it was all good and I'm beyond excited to have my kitchen all zhushed up but it kind of zapped my energy. Speaking of the One Room Challenge, thank you so much for all of your kind comments and emails. Those last few weeks were tough and your encouragement meant the world to me.

So, how about I give you a quick round up on what's new in my world.

First of all, this little guy is such a bright spot in my life. At almost 4 months, he's in that sweet spot where the smiles come easily and he's happy most of the time. What a blessing!!

And there have been (more than) a few purchases.

I'm currently having an inner debate about whether to paint these or not. On one hand, they're in great shape. On the other hand, well, red lacquer. These will most likely make an appearance in my living room at The Dollhouse.

I'm anxiously awaiting the arrival of this beauty from My Darling House. I used to be into horses in a big way, and I've never seen a fox hunting themed painting in colors like these.

Also, there has been some work-related progress a la this:

and

and decisions have been made regarding my living room and dining room makeovers here at the Dollhouse. I'm excited to share that business soon. I think it's going to be good!

So I leave you with my most sincere wishes for a wonderful upcoming Holiday season. Posting may be a little sporadic over the next few weeks, so I hope you'll check in on me now and again.

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Who's ready for the holidays?

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 6 - My Kitchen Reveal!!

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Welcome to the final post of The One Room Challenge! Before we get too deep into this, I'd like to serve up a biggie size thank you to Linda at Calling it Home for inviting me to participate! I am completely honored to have been given a chance to make over my kitchen along with 19 of the most talented designers/bloggers/friends out there. High fives, ladies, we made it to the finish line!

If this is your first visit to my blog, then you came on a good day. For the last 6 weeks I have been sharing the trials and tribulations of my kitchen makeover. If you'd like to read the back story, click here.

Let's have a final look at where it all began:

Oh my. That's a dreary little kitchen.

If you recall, I didn't make any changes to the kitchen's layout and I kept the original cabinets and flooring.

I (meaning the husband) removed the upper cabinet to the left of the sink and we (again, the husband) replaced it with subway tile and white shelving from Lowe's. Said shelves were styled mostly with stuff I already had. The lemons and clementines are fresh. Shopping for accessories in the produce department was a new and out of the comfort zone experience for me.

This is a look at the cabinet wall across from the sink. I styled the counter tops with things I already had and leaves from my back yard.

And here's my teeny tiny dining area. I'm pretty delighted with the 11th hour bench I scouted out at a local antique mall. If you recall, I wanted to keep this side of the seating area open by using a bench. Unbelievably I found a bench with nearly perfect size and form. I zhushed it up with paint and fabric during the wee hours last night.

And did you notice that lovely sconce over the dining table? I found the the perfect solution to my lighting dilemma at Rejuvenation. Those folks are wonderful to work with. I went with the Reed Plug-in Wall Sconce in a "burnished" finish and the shade is "old brass". The plug-in feature means no electrician had to be called in and there is very little anxiety for those of you with commitment issues. You know who you are.

Can we just talk about how much I love my print from Etsy artist Loopy Lolly.?!?!?? I wanted something whimsical over the kitchen table, and I knew instantly this was "the one".

My dining table is styled with leaves from my back yard, a thrifted trophy vase, and swan salt & pepper shakers we got as a wedding gift.

This is my favorite view into the kitchen, taken from my family room. My awesome Joy at my work room whipped up the roman shades for me out of super inexpensive cotton duck fabric trimmed out with craft store grosgrain ribbon. They are beautifully made and she had them to me in 3 days. Thank you Joy!!

And one last "big picture" photo.

Thanks for following along on my kitchen makeover journey. You guys have been so supportive and encouraging and I appreciate all of your comments and emails.

Oh, and a special thank you to Jaime for her beautiful photography work!!

PS. I've been so impressed with the bloggers that are linking up with their room makeovers every Thursday! Make sure you check out their reveals too. You can find the links on Linda's blog tomorrow.

I'm dying to see how everyone else made out. Here are the links to their reveals!

The Green Room Interiors

One Room Challenge Week Five - Kitchen Progress

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

I can hardly believe I'm typing this but we're now in WEEK 5 (aka "Panic Week" ) of Linda's One Room Challenge. If this is your first visit here, welcome! As part of this series ( which culminates in the BIG REVEAL next Wednesday) I've been making over the kitchen at my house. If you would like to see the progression thus far, click here.

So about this week. Not a huge leap forward, but a few little details have been addressed. I think "shopping" is the theme of this post.

Like I changed out my cabinet hardware. When we first moved in I used some pink glass knobs and pulls left over from another project. I replaced them with these lucite knobs and very simple drawer pulls I found at Home Depot.

And that early 90's tile floor that makes me cringe is a little less visible under my new seagrass rug from the O. Please note that if you want a natural fiber rug in the kitchen, seagrass is the way to go. Seagrass is grown in salt marshes and is naturally water/stain resistant. Why they take all that water resistance and then band it with plain cotton is beyond me.

A cute and easy storage solution was found at my local HomeGoods. The big basket is large enough to hold a 20-lb bag of dog food and the smaller stripe basket holds 4 big soft drink bottles and an assortment of canned drinks too.

I have been styling and restyling my shelves ad nauseum. "Effortless" looking styling is exhausting.

Finally, I tried out this little x- bench but I don't think it's staying. All those legs going every which-way is just too much. I think if by some miracle I can find a bench with cabriole legs similar to the table legs then I would be good with that. Or I may just end up getting another Panton chair. What do you think?

I'm still waiting for window coverings to be finished, art/framing to be completed and picked up, and over the table lighting installed. And more shelf styling. This could be a nail-biter of a week.

Wonder how these folks made out.

Shelter

The Green Room Interiors provides Interior Decorating and Design Services in 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 4 - My Kitchen Wallpaper is Up!!

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

So here we are at Week 4 of the One Room Challenge, the one where I and 19 other bloggers/designers are making over a room from start to finish in 6 weeks sharing our progress along the way every Wednesday. All of this fun is courtesy of my hero Linda from Calling It Home . She's smart like that. Anyway, if you're just joining the series, you can get caught up on Weeks 1 - 3 here.

You may recall that I left you last week with a little tease that arrived in a cardboard box all wrapped in shiny plastic.

Curious about which pattern I chose? Take a look!

Ha ha. Just kidding.

Here's the pattern I chose.

Scalamandre's Tabore from here.

I put my own spin on it and had my wallpaper ladies install the paper horizontally. I don't know if it made much difference but it made me feel pretty clever. Here's how it looks on my walls. The color in real life is somewhere between the drabish olive seen above and the what you see below. It's vibrant without being garish. And I love it. Truly. It's transformed my kitchen!

But wait! That's not all. I also got my shelves up! Those came from Lowe's. Right off the shelf. They had the perfect size (17.7") to fit the tile where we removed the upper cabinet. Happy!

Hey, outlet just hanging out there in the middle of the wall between the tile and the window. Why are you there?

So, let's all calm down for a moment and consider the other issues that need to be addressed to make this kitchen worthy of the Dollhouse.

Two issues in this photo. 1. Lighting. The overhead lighting does not adequately light the dining area at mealtime. That little lamp sitting on the table is a band-aid. Obviously I need something better and cuter. 2. That's a big blank wall that needs some interest. I've got to figure out what to put there. Feel free to jump in with your ideas on that.

So that's all I have for this week. I'm feeling overwhelmed and under prepared because I need to have decisions made and in place to show you a finished kitchen 2 weeks from today.

Dang.

Don't forget to check in with the other participants and offer up your encouragement and kind words. It really does help!

Shelter

One Room Challenge Week 3 - Kitchen Table & Chairs

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

You guys. I have to fess up. I had many comments last week from readers who were so impressed by the amount of work I had accomplished in a week. Full disclosure. The changes I showed you last week were made in 2 years time. Not so impressed now, are you? I wanted to show you the real beginning in the first post, which was truly where it all started. Last week's post showed the state of the kitchen at the start of the ORC. Got it?

Now, let's talk about my dining area. It's small. It's basically a table pushed up against the wall because if it wasn't pushed up against the wall we wouldn't be able to open the refrigerator or the dishwasher. And that's important.

I've had a revolving door of tables in here but I think I've finally hit on a winner.

It's this one. I don't know what its made of or how old it is but it's just what I've been looking for. I wanted something somewhat casual and timeworn, and this table had such nice clean lines and the right amount of wear. And it fit the space perfectly. Finally.

Remember back in July when I posted about my love of mixing traditional dining tables with modern chairs?

That's what I'm doing. I thought about using these beauties I picked up a few weeks ago.

But I'm not. These are great, and modern, but the heart wants what the heart wants. And my heart wants these.

It's a love match! Even my 15 year-old daughter approves (of the chairs only. She hates the table).

Most nights there's three of us for dinner, so I plan to add a little bench to the open side of the table. More to come on that later.

And in other news... look at the walls. They got primed this weekend!

to prepare for my wallpaper.

which I have yet to reveal. Come back next week and see!!!

Let's see what everyone else has accomplished this week. Find them here:

Shelter

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 423.653.31866 or email thegreenroominteriors@gmail.com.

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ORC Week 2 - Some Progress in the Kitchen

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

I think I owe my kitchen an apology after last week's post. The truth is I love this little kitchen even though it doesn't have fancy pants finishes or high end gadgets. What it does have is a perfectly laid out work triangle, plenty of countertop work space, and lots of potential!

Remember what my kitchen looked like before we moved in?

Let me bring you up to date on some of the changes we've made so far.

The cabinets have been painted Sherwin Williams Dover White - its a clean, warm white, and we used an oil-based paint for durability. We also replaced the kitchen countertops and I decided to go with butcherblock countertops to add some softness and warmth. I love lots of white combined with wood, so we replaced our stainless steel sink with white porcelain. We also changed out the faucet.

After a lengthy search we found an almost counter depth refrigerator that fit the available space perfectly!

And we tiled the backsplash. White subway tile was selected for its timeless clean look and budget-friendly price.

A very poor quality photo, but we've removed one of the upper cabinets and the ugly wooden valance that was so common in homes of this era. Note new vintage light fixture above the sink. It's so sweet and the prismatic shade casts the most wonderful, sparkly light. In place of the deleted cabinet is more white subway tile, and soon I will have some shelves instead! Something like this.

What else? Well, I have a small seating area that could use some love in a large way. Between the nasty wallpaper and the 80's flooring I have 50 shades of blah going on here. Left side of the wall shows the wall repair in progress.

And speaking of walls, these are crying out for help!! I think a wallpaper intervention is in order.

Behold.

That's all I can share for now! I hope to have my dining table and chairs figured out and ready to share with you next week.

Let's head on over and see what the other ladies have managed to get done, but meet me back here next week for another progress report!!

Shelter

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