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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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2021 Garden Plans for Zone 5B
We are just weeks away from the unofficial gardening season kickoff in Chicago and I could NOT be more excited! Early May is generally considered a safe time to start planting in zone 5B because there is less risk of frost. If you are itching to get outside, I wrote a garden to do list for April that will keep…
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5B Flower Gardening in April
If you’re anything like me, you have been excited to get back in the garden since February. March gave us quite a few nice days in Chicago, but now that the weather forecast is really looking up, I wanted to share some April tasks for a zone 5B garden. This post comes with a disclaimer that I currently only have…
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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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Mom’s Garden Tour and Tips
If you follow me on Instagram, you may know that I have been working hard all Spring and Summer to improve our backyard. Fortunately, I have the best garden mentor in the world – hi Mom! My mom is an avid flower gardener and her garden gets more beautiful every year. It is particularly lovely now that she has retired…
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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…
