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Spring ’21 ORC How to Convert Hard Wired Lighting
Hello from week 3 of the Spring 2021 One Room Challenge! If this is your first time visiting, you can get caught up with our ORC project here and here. The time is flying by, and Colin and I are working hard on weekdays and weekends to get the office done. This week we touched up the paint and installed…
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Spring 2021 ORC My First Time Wallpapering
Welcome back to week 2 of the Spring 2021 One Room Challenge. It has been so much fun to connect with other participants and see what rooms are getting makeovers. In case you missed it, we decided to overhaul our office for this challenge. We got all our clutter cleared out, and made room for painting and my first time…
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Bedroom Reveal Filled with DIYs
Coming in a cool 4 months late is our primary bedroom reveal filled with DIYs! For those of you who have been following along, Colin and I started this bedroom makeover for the Fall 2020 One Room Challenge. Due to the combination of an injury and a design overhaul, we dropped out of the challenge. However, we have been determined…
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Fall ORC Week 4 Bloody Fingers!
After a very uneventful week 3, I am happy to report that our One Room Challenge is back on track…kind of. On the bright side, we made it to week 4 and our stuff’s here. On a less exciting note, Colin got bit by the router while he was making our nightstands. He has 12 stitches between his pointer finger…
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Fall ORC Week 2 Picking a Paint Color
Hello and welcome to week 2 of the Fall 2020 One Room Challenge! Before we talk about picking a paint color, I want to quickly thank Linda Weinstein and Better Homes and Gardens for hosting and sponsoring this event. It has been a bright happy spot during a rough year when we are all spending more time than ever in…
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Pink Bathroom Makeover on a Budget
Our pink bathroom makeover on a budget is complete! In case you missed this post, after we completed our en suite bathroom renovation, the sad state of our pink bathroom was magnified. We will fully renovate this bathroom eventually, but that will not happen for at least a year or two. My goal with this update was to make the…
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ORC Colorful Mid Century Inspired Bathroom Reveal
If you have found me through the One Room Challenge, welcome friend! My name is Bridget and I live in the Chicago suburbs with my boyfriend, Colin, and our rescue dog, Rigby. We bought our 1958 ranch house in December of 2019 and have had so much fun renovating it on a budget. I would describe my design style as…
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ORC Week 7 A DIY Roman Shade
We are one week away from the Spring 2020 One Room Challenge big reveal! And thank goodness. Are you tired of reading about it?! Because Colin and I are pretty over this renovation. But hopefully taking that first shower will make it all worth it! Today’s post was supposed to highlight both a DIY no-sew Roman shade and a vanity…
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ORC Week 6 What We Learned About Tiling
If you’ve been following along, week 5 of the Spring 2020 One Room Challenge was cancelled to stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor’s deaths. I took the time off to check my privilege and start the process of learning from and supporting the Black community. This will…
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ORC Week 2 Demo Day
It’s the second week of the Spring 2020 One Room Challenge and this week is all about demo! Maybe it’s just not my thing, but demo day looks way more fun on tv than it is in real life. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVED swinging a hammer into the plastic tiled shower, but overall demo day is just a…
